PRN Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist - Clinic

Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist
- Clinic

Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist
- Clinic

This position is responsible for providing direct therapeutic services to children for acquisition and mastery of functional skills in order to reduce or overcome limitations resulting from disabilities or developmental delays. This position evaluates, assesses, develops, and carries out treatment plans, documents progress and required processes, educates families and community partners and collaborates with physicians and other care providers. Services are clinic-based in both individual and group settings.

This position requires face to face interactions with staff, board, vendors, and the general public on a daily basis to accomplish all essential functions of the position.

• Individualized Therapy: -Provides direct therapy services, in accordance with the treatment plan, to children with disabilities or developmental delays by providing hands on therapy and providing families and caregivers appropriate strategies which help the child participate in their community. Services will be provided in individual or group settings. Therapist is responsible for providing total number of authorized visits or units during the authorization period including makeup of missed therapeutic sessions.
  
  The therapist documents all services within the required timelines and in compliance with documentation standards set by the agency, Medicaid and private insurance rules and regulations.
• Evaluations & Plan Of Care: -Evaluates, scores standardized test to determine appropriate therapy plan. Evaluation must establish a client with a disability and/or developmental delay meets the medical necessity criteria for ongoing therapy services. Appropriately Shares results with parent /caregiver. Determines appropriate plan of care and develops the treatment plan based on the results of the evaluation/assessment ensuring the goals of the requested services to be provided are directed at improving, adapting, restoring, or maintaining functions which have been lost or impaired due to a recent illness, injury, loss of body part or congenital abnormality or as a result of developmental delay or the presence of a chronic medical condition.
  
  Treatment plans or plans of care (POC) must include interventions and short- and long-term goals and measurable outcomes. Upon initiation of therapy and throughout the episode of care, therapist must provide education and training of the client's caregivers by developing and instructing them in a home treatment program to promote effective carryover of the therapy program and management of safety issues.
  
  Documents all services within the required timelines and in compliance with documentation standards set by the agency, Medicaid and private insurance rules and regulations. Submits all evaluation documentation including evaluation tool to the appropriate personnel in accordance with program deadlines. Complete weekly reporting in Objective Management System (OMS).

• Participates in monthly team meetings, discipline, agency, and staffing meetings to ensure family and child outcomes are met and required information is secured. (3%)
• Other duties to support the delivery and quality of services that are provided to Brighton families. (2%)

• Required:
  
  Degreed and current Texas Licensure in Speech-Language Pathology. Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access as well as Adobe. Bilingual in Spanish. Preferred:
  Prior experience in ECI, Special Education, Early Childhood Education, or a family-centered service organization.

• Ability to demonstrate, understanding and apply our Core Values which are at the heart of our organization and are embedded in all roles.
• High quality of work, organization and planning skills, problem solving and decision-making skills, self- improvement and initiative, adaptability and flexibility, excellent communication skills (written and verbal), ability to work well with others and independently. Comprehensive knowledge of typical and atypical development in children from…