The VA Portland Healthcare System is pleased to announce a one-year Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellowship (CF) position. Our facility is a Level 1A (highest complexity) facility with an active academic affiliation with Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU). The Speech-Language Pathology service consists of seven SLPs amongst two clinic campuses in Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA.
We provide services along the continuum of care from critical care inpatients, acute rehabilitation, skilled nursing, rehabilitation unit, outpatients, hospice and palliative care, and telehealth. The SLP department has close working relationships with many interdisciplinary services including ENT Head & Neck Surgery/Tumor Board, Parkinson’s Disease Education and Clinical Center (PADRECC), ALS Clinic, TBI/Polytrauma Clinic, and rehabilitation therapies, among others.
The clinical fellow will gain training and experience in all general areas of medical speech pathology, including evaluation and treatment of individuals with dysphagia, speech and language disorders, cognitive disorders, voice disorders, and upper airway disorders. They will also develop skills in instrumental swallowing evaluations of Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES), tracheostoma, an TEP management, voice assessment with use of acoustic voice analysis systems, and fiberoptic laryngoscopy and stroboscopy.
Although there is some overlap in training, our CF consists of four, 3-month rotations, each of the first three rotations provides a primary area of emphasis. Not listed in any specific order. See attached PDF for more information. PortlandVACF
Instructions for Applying:
- Email the following to Christine.Chambers2@va.gov:
- Cover letter stating interest and career goals
- Curriculum Vitae
- Graduate transcript (can be unofficial)
- Three letters of recommendation, including scoring rubric
- LOR template for scoring rubric
- At least one from a clinical supervisor
- At least one from a clinical instructor
- If letter of recommendation is emailed separately, please have the email subject read “Letter of Recommendation for Name of Applicant”
- VA form 306 (see attached PDF)
- Send documents as a single PDF when possible
- Email subject should read “SLP CFY Application”
Deadline: All Application packets must be emailed by the first Friday of January to be considered. The anticipated time frame for interview will likely take place around mid February. Please email applications to Christine.Chambers2@va.gov.