Job Description

• *Description**
• * _Summary:_**

As a member of the health care team, evaluates and treats patients with cognitive, communication and swallowing deficits within the scope of a licensed SpeechLanguage Pathologist. Collaborates with other hospital personnel to ensure quality care for the patient. Supervises the activities of Therapy Technicians, SpeechLanguage Pathology Clinical Fellows, and SpeechLanguage Pathology Students.

• *_Responsibilities:_**
• Gathers pertinent data from chart and other care givers, discusses with physician as necessary
• Independently assess all patient types assigned
• Demonstrates ability to recognize additional needs during evaluation; exercises good judgment in decision
• Interprets results and formulates relevant, measurable, realistic and attainable goals
• Reassess patient progress regularly per department policy, or when need arises
• Identifies appropriate equipment, discusses with patient and family and makes appropriate referral to social services andor vendor
• Able to assess vent dependent patients with minimal assistance
• Able to assess voice and fluency cases with some assistance
• Able to independently design a treatment plan that address’ identified problems, deficits and discharge needs and assist with reducing LOS
• Consistently delivers effective treatment focused on rehab of communication, cognition andor swallowing disorders
• Actively seeks out a diagnosis mx to facilitate ability to independently treat throughout the hospital
• Demonstrates skilled expertise when monitoring patients during treatment
• Able to apply reasoning and judgment to skilled observations and reports adverse reactions to physician andor nursing
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of speaking valve usage and contraindications
• Ensures patient safety
• Offers alternatives to physician when appropriate
• Actively seeks research based treatments and applies to daily treatment
• Develops creative and innovative ways to provide treatment i. e. group sessions, summer speech camps, structured and interactive adult groupindividual sessions
• *_Requirements:_**
• Masters Degree
• SLP License in state of employment

* BLS

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Job Tags

Full time, Summer work, Immediate start,

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