Speech/Language Pathologist

Summary

About the Position: This position is with the Defense Health Agency at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized Student loan repayment may be authorized Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service

Duties

• Independently provide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of speech, language, cognitive communication, voice, swallowing, fluency, and other related disorders.
• Treat patients with mild to severe and complex impairments of communication resulting from multiple and sometimes unclear etiologies.
• Perform evaluation, diagnosis and treatment to patients with various levels of neurological and speech disorders resulting from traumatic brain injury, stroke, or other neurologic etiologies.
• Provide counseling and education to patients and/or their family, communicating the medical condition and explaining treatment goals and plan of execution.
• Perform fitness for duty evaluations for active-duty member’s status post traumatic brain injury, with dysfluency or with other speech, language or voice disorders with may adversely affect job performance.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Required Documents

Prepare the documents below before applying. Always confirm the exact requirements on the official announcement, since they vary by position:

• Prepare the documents below before applying.
• Always confirm the exact requirements on the official announcement, since they vary by position: The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment.
• A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements.
• As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply.
• If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further. 1.
• Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
• Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement.
• If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood.