Speech/Language Pathologist-ESEP/MP.

* Duties

Summary

This position is located with the Rehabilitation Department at he
Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico. The primary
purpose is to provide comprehensive, quality speech and language
intervention to patients of all ages. Improve the quality of life for
patients suffering from hearing, speech, language, and swallowing
disorders, to maximize function, to education patients and family, and to
provide assistance technology and/or non verbal speech.

Responsibilities
o Manages the speech therapy services. Responsibilities include, but
are limited to, program development, speech therapy policies and
procedures, quality assurance, strategic planning, monthly and
annual reports, patient, staff and community education.
o Develops and directs a comprehensive speech therapy program that
addresses care and treatment of all speech/swallowing/cognitive
disorders.
o Treats debilitated, impaired patients with deficits in language
comprehension and/or expression, speech/sound articulation, voice
production, fluency problems, feeding/swallowing difficulties.
o Consults and collaborates with team members to develop appropriate
and comprehensive care plans for patients. Advocates for speech and
language services as care provider and member of the comprehensive
rehabilitation team.
o Develops and manages programs to address high risk, high volume,
problem prone diagnoses including (but not limited to) cleft palate
and fetal alcohol syndrome.
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Travel Required

Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

None
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Conditions of Employment

This position is being announced concurrently under Delegated Examining
procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-19-NJ-********-
DE; for eligibility requirements.
o Selectee may be subject to a probationary/trial period
o ESEP appointees typically serve a two year trial period
o U.S. Citizenship is required
o Must pass pre-employment examination.
o Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/
31/1959
o Confidential Financial Disclosure Form required.
o
Security Clearance: If you are selected for this vacancy, you must
undergo a pre-employment fingerprint check and background investigation.
Fingerprint results and background investigation documentation must be
cleared prior to hire. You will receive instructions on how to obtain and
submit fingerprints and background investigation documentation. After you
begin your employment, your continued employment is contingent upon the
outcome of a complete background investigation as determined by the
sensitivity level of your position. The investigation must find that you
are suitable for Federal employment in your position. If you are found
not suitable, you will be terminated after you begin work. If you make a
false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired;
you may be fired after you begin work; or subject to possible criminal
charges.

This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring
contact or control over Indian children. Upon tentative selection,
selectee will be requested to complete, sign, and submit the Addendum to
OF-306, Child Care & Indian Child Care Worker Position form. Due to this
requirement, the agency must ensure that persons hired for these
positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or
guilty to certain crimes.

Measles and Rubella immunization required for selectees born after 1957.
Seasonal Influenza immunization is required for civilian health care
facility staff working in Indian Health Service health care facilities.

The selected individual is required to obtain and maintain any licensure
requirements. If licensure are not obtained or maintained during
employment, the employee will be subject to adverse actions, up to and
including removal from Federal service.

You must meet the requirements of the job by 11:59 pm (Eastern Standard
Time) of the closing date: 09/03/2019

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient
experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific
position for which you are applying.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work
done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps)
and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious;
spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying
experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must
clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held
and the total number of hours per week.

For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are
using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements,
you MUST submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college
courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course
title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume.

Basic_Requirement(s)

Education: The mandatory education program described below must have been
approved, recognized, or accredited by the Council on Academic
Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) at the time the
degree was obtained.
Degree: For speech pathologist positions, a graduate or higher level
graduate degree that included 18 semester hours in the field of speech
pathology with approved clinical practice.
Licensure: a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice Speech/
Language Pathology and/ or Audiology as applicable in a State, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of
the United States.
In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum
Qualifications stated below.

Minimum_Qualifications

GS-11: Candidates must have3 years of progressively higher level graduate
education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral
degree -OR- 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-10
grade level.
Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized
experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the
Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector
performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Evaluation of
Experience: Experience must have demonstrated breadth and level of
knowledge of the principles and theories of speech pathology and/or
audiology; skill in analyzing and interpreting test results in the
evaluation of communicative disorders; ability to plan and conduct a
program of therapy independently; ability to communicate effectively,
orally and in writing; and ability to establish and maintain effective
relationships with individuals and groups in evaluating and resolving
problems in hearing, voice, language, or speech. Applicants for the
speech pathologist/audiologist combined positions must have had
sufficient professional experience in both speech pathology and audiology
to demonstrate their competence to perform the duties involved. The
following are examples of qualifying professional experience that may
have been obtained in a hospital, special treatment center for the
disabled, university or community clinic, or industrial or educational
institution:
o Investigating and studying the underlying causes, precipitating
factors, symptomatic behavior, and the emotional and practical
effect upon the patient of a particular impaired speech pattern;
resolving speech impairments; and counseling patients and/or
families in the adjustment to the speech impairment (for speech
pathologist positions).
o Assessing, evaluating, analyzing, and treating communicative
handicaps resulting from hearing impairments (for audiologist
positions).
o Investigating methods to improve the clinical management of
communicative disorders and to increase the basic scientific
understanding of communicative processes and other factors causing
their disruption.
o Providing instruction in the principles and bases of communication
including clinical techniques and methods of assessment,
evaluation, and treatment to audiologists, speech pathologists, and
specialists in related fields (such as medical residents in
otolaryngology).
o Teaching audiology or speech pathology at the graduate level.
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You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the
closing date of the announcement.Federal employees in the competitive
service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit
Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at
the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under
the Excepted Serv