Speech Language Pathologist CCC, PRN, Inpatient, Omaha

Speech Language Pathologist CCC, PRN, Inpatient, Omaha

Job M7

Communication Disorders-IP

PRN - Day

Job Title:

Inpatient Speech Language Pathologist CCC – PRN
Job Code: 220088

Immediate Supervisor:
Inpatient Speech Therapy Clinical Supervisor Status:
Non-Exempt

Responsible for planning and administering speech therapy treatment programs for patients to restore speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice and swallowing disorders. Responsible for delivering and/or delegating quality patient care from admission through discharge, including patient and family education/training. Responsible for maintaining accurate and timely documentation. Work will be performed in an ethical and legal manner following organizational policies, processes, protocols and procedures.

Responsible for quality service delivery and internal/external customer relations for Madonna as a whole, including upholding the mission and values for the department and facility.

• Selects, administers and interprets appropriate evaluation procedures for patients.
• Compiles, records and analyzes evaluation information in order to assist in establishing a treatment program.
• Identifies problems, formulates treatment goals and coordinates individual patient treatment programs.
• Records pertinent patient information in order to document changes and comply with legal and ethical standards, including daily charting, team summary, plan of care, insurance justifications, initial and discharge summaries and patient exercise programs.
• Records daily treatment charges and equipment/supply billing in order to ensure fair and accurate financial records.
• Analyzes and revises treatment programs to insure continuing appropriate intervention.
• Modifies therapeutic interventions to accommodate the age of the patient population.
• Provides or delegates speech therapy treatment to patients, including but not limited to interventions to impact speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice and swallowing disorders including appropriate utilization of group therapy to facilitate patient recovery.
• Instructs patients and families/caregivers in functional activities and exercise programs in order to facilitate follow up on discharge.
• Assists patients and families with recommendations, ordering, fitting and modification of needed equipment.
• Provides education regarding the patient's condition and/or disease process so that patients and families will have a basic understanding.
• Participates, confers and negotiates at team meetings to develop an appropriate team plan for each patient.
• Supervises speech therapy clinical fellow staff, speech therapy assistants, rehab associates, students and volunteers.
• Communicates effectively with patients, families, staff, outside contacts/sources.
• Instructs and teaches staff new information through in-services, per the education process.
• Participates and assists in department and/or facility committees and/or task forces.
• Instructs and teaches students from professional programs for speech language pathology, as assigned.
• Follows instruction from supervisor and/or director to perform other functions as assigned in order to achieve the goals within the department and the program.
• Perceives customer relations as a primary focus, and continually strives to satisfy the needs of every customer in all areas of the workforce.
• Operates equipment used for the provision of speech therapy treatment including but not limited to recording equipment, speech generating devices and swallowing training devices and operates computer and applicable software applications. Remains current with evolving speech generating device operations and software systems.
• Administers standardized…