Speech Language Pathologist

Job Details

Job Location:

Hawarden Regional Healthcare
- Hospital
- Hawarden, IA 51023

Position Type:
Full-Time/Part-Time Hawarden Regional Healthcare is looking for a Speech Language Pathologist to join our team of enthusiastic talented therapists! We work in a new hospital addition, with modern equipment and have assistance with ongoing education to keep you on the cutting edge in practice.

New graduates or soon to be graduates welcome and encouraged to apply.

Hawarden is centrally located between Sioux Falls and Sioux City and provides a great community for families.

Hawarden Regional Healthcare is committed to providing a challenging, creative and positive work environment with a competitive salary and benefits package. Hawarden Regional Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer.

Under limited supervision, provides services to identify, remediate, rehabilitate, and educate individuals who have cognitive, communication and/or swallowing disorders. Encompasses evaluation, treatment, and consultation with the goal being to maximize functional independence. Provides direct or indirect patient care and educational programs to contracting agencies. Adheres to the mission, values and standards of excellence of Hawarden Regional Healthcare in all aspects of job performance.

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide service/care appropriate to the age of the patients served, in accordance with Hawarden Regional Healthcare standards. Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, the Compliance Accountability Program, Code of Ethics, and HRH policies and procedures, including all provisions of the Health Insurance Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
  
  In order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior by implementing the organizational vision, values, and mission.
• Performs Speech Therapy (ST) evaluations for adult and geriatric patients. A smaller number of adolescents and children are served.
• Demonstrates ability to interpret physicians’ referrals with knowledge of precautions, contraindications. Acts as resource to physicians in recommending appropriate speech therapy interventions.
• Obtains all available pertinent information regarding the patient prior to initial evaluation, e.g., significant past medical history, present medical/surgical interventions, etc.
• Chooses, utilizes, and applies appropriate evaluation procedures (uses those procedures as defined by each specialty area).
• Demonstrates ability to informally assess general, mental, emotional, and cognitive status. Recognizes abnormal subtle changes and makes appropriate recommendations to attending M.D. for further consults.
• Sets measurable appropriate goals based on estimated length of hospital stay or projected length of ST treatment.
• Revises treatment plan and goals as appropriate for basic and more complicated diagnoses.
• Appropriately monitors physiological and psychological response to treatment.
• Involves patient and family as appropriate in treatment planning and discharge.
• Recommends equipment or materials for patient’s hospital and discharge needs using most appropriate and cost effective materials.
• Participates in individual patient care team conferences and/or consultation for purposes of patient’s plan of care and initiates such meetings for specific patient needs. Provides verbal reports regarding patient’s status.
• Carries patient load that reflects productivity standard of the unit.
• Is responsible for written and EHR documentation that includes initial evaluations, progress notes, home programs, discharge summaries, statistical reporting, interagency forms and incident reports that…