Speech Language Pathologist .4 days -SEH/SFH 7614

Job Summary: 

The Speech/Language Pathologist provides evaluation and therapeutic management for patients with speech, language and/or cognitive disorders.

Essential Duties: 

• Evaluate patients’ abilities and limitations.
  
• Establish treatment goals based on the evaluation, reason for the referral and team interaction.
  
• Administer therapy according to the established plan, utilizing appropriate procedures, equipment and techniques within the scope of practice of a speech pathologist. 
  
• Educate the patient and the caregiver about the goals of the program, methods of accomplishing goals, how to perform the home program and injury prevention.
  
• Recommend adaptive equipment, complete the equipment justification form(s) and arrange for the delivery of the equipment.
  
• Re-evaluate patients, assess their progress and make recommendations regarding discharge as necessary.

• Master's degree in Speech/Language Pathology and completion of CFY year.

• Three years experience preferred.
• Experience with personal computers is required.

• ASHA certificate of clinical competence in Speech/Language Pathology required.
• BLS (Level C) preferred or must be obtained within one month of employment.

• Demonstrates a commitment to service, organization values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all times
• Adheres to and exhibits our core values:
  Reverence: Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation, shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging that we hold in trust all that has been given to us.
  Integrity: Moral wholeness, soundness, uprightness, honesty and sincerity as a basis of trustworthiness.
  Compassion: Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human community.
  Excellence: Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue; continually surpassing standards to achieve/maintain quality.
• Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive data at all times
• Adheres to organizational and department specific safety standards and guidelines
• Works collaboratively and supports efforts of team members
• Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff and the broader health care community