Speech Pathologist (Per Diem)

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• Master's Degree in Speech Pathology

• Certificate of Clinical Competence awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.  
•  Licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  
• One to two years experience with swallowing disorders preferred.  
• Adheres to the Professional Code of Ethics of the ASHA.  
• Maintains current CPR certification.  
• Demonstrates current clinical competency.  
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills.

 MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTER SKILLS 

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.  
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.  
• Basic computer skills.

REASONING ABILITY 

• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.  
• Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, musical notes, etc.,) in its most difficult phases.  Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.