Pediatric Speech Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Speech Therapist :

Ditmas Children's is seeking a Speech Therapist to join our team in providing specialized care for children with medical and developmental needs. The ideal candidate will assess and treat speech, language, and feeding difficulties while collaborating with families and healthcare providers to support each child’s progress.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and assess children's speech and feeding needs.
• Develop and implement individualized therapy plans to improve communication and swallowing abilities.
• Work with children who have complex medical conditions, ensuring safe and effective feeding strategies.
• Collaborate with parents and caregivers to provide education and support for at-home strategies.
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary teams, including physicians and occupational therapists
• Monitor progress, adjust treatment plans as needed, and document all interventions.
• Provide specialized feeding therapy for children with ventilators, tracheostomies, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and nasogastric (NG) tubes .

Qualifications:

• Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) with pediatric experience.
• Expertise in feeding therapy, swallowing disorders, and communication challenges.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work with families and healthcare providers.

Ditmas Children’s is Brooklyn’s first, purpose-built residence to provide children of all ages with complex Vent and post-acute medical care in a nurturing home-style setting. We’ve created an entire neighborhood within our walls where children live, grow, recover and thrive. With their new friends they attend school, participate in after-school activities, attend physical, speech, occupational and sensory therapy sessions, and receive world class medical care from our hospital-qualified staff. Everything here happens in an environment that lets kids be kids, and lets parents know that their child is being well-cared for.

Company Description

Ditmas Children’s is Brooklyn’s first, purpose-built residence to provide children of all ages with complex Vent and post-acute medical care in a nurturing home-style setting. We’ve created an entire neighborhood within our walls where children live, grow, recover and thrive. With their new friends they attend school, participate in after-school activities, attend physical, speech, occupational and sensory therapy sessions, and receive world class medical care from our hospital-qualified staff. Everything here happens in an environment that lets kids be kids, and lets parents know that their child is being well-cared for.