Speech Pathologist - Brooklyn

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive.

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Speech Pathologist - Brooklyn. In this role, the successful candidate Under direct supervision, assists in administering diagnostic and rehabilitative services to patients with speech and language impairments. Performs related work.

• CARE PLANNING:
  Develops and implements a care plan that meets the identified needs of the patient and care partners. The care plan must include measurable short and long term goals with time frames.
• DISCHARGE PLANNING:
  Develops and implements discharge plan in conjunction with patient, care partners and other members of the care team.
• OTHER:
  Participates in investigating methods to improve the clinical management of speech and language disorders and research related to the development of diagnostic and remedial procedures in the design of apparatus. Maintains a professional appearance and demonstrates appropriate professionalism during job performance. Performs other duties as assigned.
• DOCUMENTATION:
  Completes all required documentation for patient care and reimbursement. Completes and plans all required documentation in medical chart as required by Department guidelines and JACHO/CARF requirements. Clinical Documentation is thorough and completed using appropriate medical and clinical terminology.
• PARTICIPATION:
  Participates in team meetings, case conferences and committees as assigned.
• ORGANIZATION:
  Responsible for certain level of patient care productivity as indicated by individual Unit Procedures. Demonstrates the ability to provide expected patient contact as indicated by productivity reports and patient contact analysis.
• EDUCATION AND SUPERVISION:
  May counsel patients and/or families in their adjustment to speech and language impairments. May counsel pre-operative or post-operative patients to prepare them for surgical procedures and appropriate post-operative therapy. Participates in Clinical Education of Fieldwork students and other professional. Teaches and supervises assigned students in Occupational Therapy techniques, skills and procedures. Demonstrates a genuine interest in assisting students in enhancing their knowledge and skill levels.
  
  Encourages positive learning experiences for Career Opportunity Students and other Non Fieldwork students.
• ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:
  Assists in the examination of persons with speech and language disorders, upon medical referral, and the determination of the etiology, history and severity of specific disorders through interviewing and testing. Assists in the assessment, evaluation, analysis and treatment of communicative and social handicaps resulting from speech and language impairments and their predicating diseases. Assists in investigating and studying underlying causes, precipitating factors, symptomatic behavior and the emotional mid practical effect upon the patient of speech and language disorders.
• PATIENT PROGRESS:
  Attends evaluation conferences and rounds to determine progress and prognosis of patients under treatment. Assists in the scheduling of examinations, preparation of preliminary case histories, summaries and reports on the therapeutic progress and goals of patients under treatment.
• INTERVENTIONS:
  Assists in the planning and administration of remedial programs designed to restore or improve the communicative ability of patients with physiogenic or psychogenic speech and language disorders in order…