What You'll Do
Part time Speech-Language Pathologist (16 hours/week)
This unique position provides essential "at the elbow" support for our Pediatric Otolaryngology team, focusing on patients with complex resonance, voice, and dysphagia (swallowing) abnormalities. Unlike generalist SLP roles, this provider works within a high-functioning multidisciplinary clinic to evaluate and manage:
- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (VPI): Specialized assessment and therapy for speech disorders related to palate function.
- Aerodigestive Tract Disorders: Integrated management of complex breathing and swallowing issues.
- Specialized Diagnostics: Direct collaboration during clinical procedures to ensure immediate, accurate treatment planning.
Responsibilities*
- Speech-Language Pathologists in this position will maintain standards of clinical productivity.
- Diagnose speech, language and cognitive-communicative disorders.
- Evaluate voice disorders.
- Evaluate oral-pharyngeal swallowing disorders, using clinical as well as instrumental evaluation
tools. - Design and implement treatment programs to facilitate improved communication and swallowing
skills. - Maintain standards of clinical productivity.
- Counsel patients and their families concerning social, behavioral, and psychological problems
associated with communication and swallowing disorders. - Provide documentation of evaluation data, test/re-test data and speech-language progress, in
accordance with insurance and regulatory agency requirements. Provide patients and families with recommendations and referrals to appropriate health care
sources.- Participate in staff meetings regarding individual patients with physicians, nurses, insurance
representatives and allied health professionals. - Represent a lead clinical area/program within the institution as well as to professional and
community organizations and agencies. - Provide the Director of Speech-Language Pathology with relevant statistics and clinical data
regarding a specific lead area or clinical program - Orient and mentor newly hired Speech-Language Pathologists, providing education and training,
as appropriate. - Instruct and supervise graduate students in speech pathology, including planning activities,
observing and evaluating students. - Develop and participate in in-service presentations and medical grand rounds.
- Process patient care orders using the electronic ordering system may be required in certain
areas. - Perform other related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications*
- A Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology is necessary.
- Current licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the State of Michigan is necessary.
- A Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) awarded by the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) is necessary.
- Progressively complex clinical experience in Speech-Language Pathology, with no less than 5 years of evaluation/treatment experience.
- This classification requires Primary Source Verification.
- Speech-Language Pathologists in this role must have experience in:
Managing children with speech, language, and swallowing disorders.
In provision of patient and family counseling and education, as well as development of independent therapeutic programs.
Desired Qualifications*
Experience in managing children with voice and resonance disorders is preferred.
Experience in use of nasometry measures to manage resonance as well as outpatient video fluoroscopic/endoscopic swallow evaluations is preferred.
Experience with evaluation and treatment of social communicative and cognitive-communication disorders with specific knowledge and implementation of Evidence-Based Practice is preferred.
Work Schedule
Part Time 16-hour position. Monday-Friday, no weekends. Hours will vary based on department needs.
Work Locations
Children and Women's Hospital - Ann Arbor
Modes of Work
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Modes of Work
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Additional Information
This position requires infrequent standing/walking, as well as lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring of patients.
Union Affiliation
This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the United Michigan Medicine Allied Professionals (UMMAP), which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Background Screening
Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.