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Job Description

Cedars Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital and its staff aim to exceed the expectations of our patients, their families and the community with a service-oriented attitude. We seek excellence, courtesy, teamwork, respect, communication and enthusiasm in our future colleagues. If you are looking for exciting career opportunities with growth potential, come and join the team at Cedars Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital!

What will you be doing in this role?

The Speech Therapist is responsible for providing diagnostic and therapeutic services for those individuals demonstrating communication, cognition, swallowing, and voice disorders.

Job Duties:

+ They are responsible for working with adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.

+ The Speech Therapist assumes responsibility for administering patient care through examination, evaluation, treatment planning, intervention, including recommendations for follow-up; aftercare, equipment, patient/family/caregiver training by referral from a physician.

+ The therapist administers patient care according to the guidelines provided by the Speech-Language Pathology Practice Act, Rehabilitation Services Department policies and procedures, Speech-Language Pathology policies and procedures and scope of care.

+ The goal is to restore function and prevent disability following disease or injury and assist patients to obtain maximum performance and function in society while learning to live a routine “normal” life within the constraints of their disability.

Qualifications

Education:

Master's degree - Graduate of an accredited Speech Pathology program (required).

Certifications:

+ Current California State Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) license (required).

+ Current BCLS certification (required).

Experience:

+ 6 months of training and/or experience to perform evaluations, design, and implement treatment plans and provide education in a manner appropriate to the patient (required).

+ One (1) or more years of previous experience in acute care Speech Therapy hospital setting, including experience performing bedside swallow evaluation/treatment (preferred).

+ Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing (required).

+ Additional languages (preferred).

+ Basic computer knowledge (required)

+ Ability to perform video fluoroscopic procedures (preferred).

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**Req ID** : 7888

**Working Title** : Speech Therapist - Per Diem - 8 hour day shifts - Marina Hospital

**Department** : Speech Therapy

**Business Entity** : Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital

**Job Category** : Therapy / Rehab

**Job Specialty** : Speech Therapy

**Overtime Status** : NONEXEMPT

**Primary Shift** : Day

**Shift Duration** : 8 hour

**Base Pay** : $68.49 - $68.49

Cedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law.