Clinical Educator, Pro Bono (Speech Language Pathology)

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Career Center•Austin, TX

5d•$54,000 - $99,792•Remote

About The Position

The mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovation, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education. GENERAL SUMMARY The SLP Clinical Educator (CE) is a state licensed and ASHA-certified speech language pathologist who educates, mentors and supervises students performing client evaluations, screenings, and treatment to patients (adult and pediatric) attending the USAHS pro bono telehealth clinic and/or participates in supervising and educating students during the MS-SLP residencies. CEs for the telehealth clinic review all clinical documentation for each client and assess the clinical performance and documentation skills of students. CEs are required to attend any essential training opportunities offered by the program. The qualified candidate must have an entry-level master’s degree or higher along with appropriate state license and ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence. At least 2 years of hands-on experience is required in a patient care setting in the profession including telehealth, and completion of the ASHA requirement for supervision of graduate interns. The successful candidate will have excellent oral communication and organizational skills, be responsive to adult student needs, and be able to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Requirements

Master’s degree or higher
Strong background with and experience in teletherapy modality for assessment and treatment of speech-language disorders
Prior practical hands-on experience in patient care setting in chosen specialization preferred
Experience with pediatric speech-language disorders required
Supervision experience with graduate students and/or clinical fellows
Excellent organization and time management skills
Excellent oral communication skills
Professional role model
Able to provide a nurturing, respectful learning environment
Responsive to distance education, adult student needs
Working knowledge of educational theory and motor skill development
Able to work in a team environment
State of Texas licensed speech-language pathologist required; holding additional speech-language pathologist license(s) in California and/or Florida highly preferred
ASHA certification (minimum 9 months)
Clinical educators must have a working computer, computer audio/video, and stable internet to perform teletherapy supervision.

Nice To Haves

Experience with adult neurogenic disorders preferred

Responsibilities

Prepares the clinical environment to ensure both students and clients are ready for sessions. This includes the telehealth virtual environment, as well as physical clinical settings where applicable.
Organizes and maintains equipment; proposes equipment orders as needed.
Teaches and models clinical communication, professionalism, and collaboration.
Interacts frequently with students to provide direction, guidance, and feedback.
Assists with administration, scoring, written reporting of assessments and therapy sessions.
Communicates with students and families on assessment and treatment activities.
Monitors student performance and progress with clinical skills development; provides feedback; and facilitates student participation in learning activities.
Assesses student performance on assessment, intervention, interaction and personal qualities.
Supervises, assesses, and provides feedback to students regarding proper protocols for clinical documentation
Reports student grades at end of term to the MS-SLP program.
Communicates with MS-SLP faculty to ensure consistent content delivery, student concerns, and to recommend changes for upcoming semesters.
Participates in monthly meetings with the MS-SLP program and weekly clinical educator meetings.
Effectively utilizes electronic medical record (EMR) system for clinical documentation.
Teaches and demonstrates appropriate speech-language assessment and treatment using the teletherapy modality.
May lead and/or debrief student participation in clinical simulation activities.
Serves as student-to-university liaison.
Upholds student and part-time faculty handbook policies.
Promotes professionalism by modeling such behaviors.
Self-evaluates clinical supervision performance; sets goals for improvement in collaboration with program leadership and faculty.
May perform other duties and responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time.