Speech/language Pathologist

**Summary**:
**About the Position**:Serves as Speech-Language Pathologist for Early Intervention Services (EIS) of the Educational and Developmental Intervention Services (EDIS) program. Provides or coordinates a range of services and supports designed to ensure and enhance children's personal development and resilience, strengthen family competencies, and promote the social and cultural inclusion of families and children.

**This is a Direct Hire Solicitation**

**This job is open to**:
**The public**:

- U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

**Duties**:

- Provide Early Intervention Services (EIS) to infants/toddlers and their families who are eligible for early intervention under the Department of Defense criteria.
- Implement a family-centered approach to services that supports and fosters confidence and competence in families to meet the needs of their child.
- Participate in the EDIS public awareness program to include providing information on infant and toddler developmental milestones and the critical importance of the early identification of infants and toddlers with disabilities.
- Participate with a multidisciplinary team in conducting developmental assessments of children who may have complex developmental needs.
- Perform screening and evaluation of the infant/toddler level of development of all forms of communication, including expressive and receptive language, communicative intent, and gesturing, and across all developmental domains.
- Collaborate in an interdisciplinary team, including the parents, for the development of an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP).
- Provide EIS to infants/toddlers and their families in natural environments and develop and adapt intervention strategies to families that facilitate the child's functional development.
- Initiate appropriate contacts and prepare reports, letters, and documents as required. Conduct training for EIS personnel, community groups, and military treatment facility personnel.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of employment**:

- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- One year trial/probationary period may be required.
- Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19.
- This position requires regular contact with children under the age 18 and a favorable determination of suitability to do so and periodic re-verification check of multiple agency records.
- This position requires Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel approximately 5% of the time away from your permanent duty station.
- This position requires a valid, state-issued and USAREUR Driver’s License and must be insurable in order to travel to other locations in the Command’s structure.
- This position requires Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from, or in accordance with, the American Heart Association (AHA).
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
- This position requires the incumbent to successfully complete and maintain credentialing and privileging requirements.

**Qualifications**:
**Who May Apply: US Citizens**

**To qualify for this position you must meet the qualification requirements listed below**:
**Basic Requirement**:
**Degree**:Successful completion of a graduate or higher level degree that included 18 semester hours in the field of speech pathology with approved clinical practice. The education program 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.

**Licensure**:This position requires 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.

AND

**Certification**:National certification (Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association).

**Specialized Experience**: One year of specialized experience which includes: analyzing and interpreting test results in the evaluation of communicative disorders of children; delivering Speech-Language pathology services in an early intervention setting; and collaborating with individuals and groups to evaluate and resolve problems in hearing, voic