Speech Pathologist

• Provides screening, evaluation, and rehabilitation services for patients with speech and language disorders related to speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, and fluency.
• Plans and carries out specialized treatment programs, documents treatment, and maintains data regarding patient care.
• Demonstrates the clinical competence and knowledge necessary to provide treatment appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Evaluates patients’ functional abilities and limitations to determine appropriate intervention.
• Implements individualized treatment plans that consider patients’ physical, social, spiritual, cultural, educational, and age-specific needs.
• Ensures that treatment plans are supported by standard practices and/or current literature.
• Re-evaluates treatment plans, as needed, to ensure maximum patient benefit.
• Educates patients, family, and other care providers to promote patient participation and attainment of therapeutic program goals.
• Provides individualized home programs with clear instructions.
• Documents patient treatment according to professional and regulatory standards.
• Participates in the provision of training to other staff and students.
• Follows plan of care to accomplish functions within established procedures and scope of practice.
• Makes independent judgments based on specialized knowledge.
• Confers with supervisor on any unusual situations.

Home Health Speech Therapist providing rehabilitation services in the patient's home

Home Health Speech Therapist delivering expert care for patients with speech and language disorders. Evaluating and implementing individualized treatment plans in a home care setting.

• Screen, identify, diagnose, intervene and follow-up for disorders of articulation, fluency, and voice.
• Support and consult to all professionals, family members and other communication partners.
• Select, fit and establish effective use of appropriate prosthetic/adaptive devices.
• Use instrument technology to diagnose and treat disorders of communication and swallowing.
• Provide aural rehabilitation and related counseling services to individuals with hearing loss and their families.

Speech-Language Pathologist providing care to pediatric patients with developmental disabilities.

Speech/Language Pathologist

Speech-Language Pathologist at Connecticut Children’s treating pediatric patients with speech and language disorders. Engaging in diagnostic and rehabilitative services across various care settings.

• Provides appropriate supervision to supportive personnel (Techs, students) while assuming responsibility for care of patient.
• Attends and actively participates in patient team conferences and family conferences.
• Determines needs for follow up outpatient therapy and makes post-discharge recommendations.
• Documents within EMR and charting accurately reflects a logical flow between data collected, action taken, and patients response to the action.
• Plans specific measures to meet assessed learning needs and documents in patient record.
• Recognizes and addresses patient, family, and appropriate others in the learning needs of the individual.
• Presents information clearly and in a manner appropriate to the level of patient and family understanding.
• Implements the treatment plan and evaluates and records the patient responses to the treatment sessions.
• Participates in the development of individual discharge plans that are responsive to patient/family concerns.
• Able to revise/update plan based on assessment.
• Acts as a resource person to peers within the rehabilitation department, fielding questions, mentoring, or providing educational opportunities.
• Acts as a resource person to other departments and community, fielding questions, mentoring, or providing educational opportunities.
• Reviews patient's history and appropriate data prior to initiating evaluation.
• Evaluate and treat patients without a physician order or referral as established by Board of Medical Directors Rule.
• Assists patients and families in planning for discharge.
• Responsible for reporting any safety-related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool; attends all safety-related training programs; performs work in a safe manner; monitors work environment for possible safety issues and ensures others are also performing work in a safe manner.
• Stays current and complies with state and federal regulations/statutes and company policies that impact the employee's area of responsibility.
• If required for the position, ensures all certifications and/or licenses are up-to-date and valid prior to expiration dates.
• Completes all company mandatory modules and required job-specific training in the specified time frame.
• Meets productivity goals according to departmental standards.
• Attends 75% of department monthly meetings in a 12-month period; responsible for 100% of the meeting content from minutes.
• Responds to new orders promptly in compliance with department policy.
• Maintains timely and accurate documentation of assessments, interventions, EMR entries, and patient responses; completes charges in a timely manner and according to proper procedures.

Speech Pathologist – Per Diem

• Responsible for the evaluation and rehabilitation of patients of all ages with communication and oral-pharyngeal disorders of functional or neurological origin
• Facilitate the development and maintenance of human communication and swallowing ability
• Document findings, progress and instruction to patients and caregivers
• Assist Level II or III speech pathologists with program development and provide training and guidance to students, interns, and other staff.

Speech Pathologist evaluating and rehabilitating patients with communication disorders

Neuro Speech Pathologist – Travel Position

Speech Pathologist role responsible for evaluating and rehabilitating patients with communication and swallowing disorders. Part of the Memorial Hermann team aiming for exceptional care in communities.

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