We are currently accepting applications for a clinical fellow at Mountain Home, Tennessee. The setting includes experiences in acute and critical care, outpatient clinic, and the CLC, which provides short-term rehab, respite, hospice/palliative care, and long-term care. Outcomes/Evidence based practice for treatment across communicative, cognitive, and swallowing disorders is emphasized.
The Mountain Home VAMC clinical fellowship provides experience in the evaluation and treatment of adults with cognitive communication impairments, aphasia, motor speech disorders, dysphagia, and voice disorders. The clinical fellow will have opportunities for training in fluoroscopic swallow evaluations, stroboscopic voice evaluations, post laryngectomy voice restoration, and assistive technology for augmenting communication and cognition. The clinical fellow will be exposed to a variety of specialty services and teams including gastroenterology, radiology, neuropsychology, rehabilitation medicine, nutrition, pulmonology, primary care, and the traumatic brain Injury/polytrauma program.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
* CF positions are twelve months. Tentatively scheduled to begin July 2025.
* CF positions are 40 hours per week (Monday-Friday) with a compensation package that includes
salary, health benefits, and sick and annual leave.
* These are temporary appointments without potential to become permanent positions.
* Applicants with strong academic backgrounds and clinical experience in medical speech pathology will
be considered. Experience in dysphagia is required.
* Only US citizens are eligible to apply.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLYING:
Please send the following items all together in the SAME e-mail or packet**:
1) Letter of interest with a brief overview of clinical experiences and interests
2) Resume/CV
3) Two letters of recommendation from faculty or clinical supervisors –letters should be emailed or
mailed with the complete application packet. It is preferred that individuals completing
recommendations provide those to the applicant for submission with the packet, however if
those writing your letter(s) of recommendation prefer that you not read them, they may send by
separate email. Multiple submissions may impact review of your application.
4) Undergraduate and graduate transcripts (these can be unofficial)
**Incomplete or late packets will not be considered
All application packets must be received by COB March 14, 2025. Select candidates will be interviewed shortly thereafter.
For submissions, further information, or questions, interested candidates may contact Patrick Henley, MS, CCC-SLP, at Patrick.henley1@va.gov.
Mailing Address:
James H. Quillen VAMC
P.O. Box 4000
Speech-Language Pathology Clinic (126)
Attention: Patrick Henley, SLP
Mountain Home, TN 37684