Lead Inpatient SLP

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Inpatient Rehab Services
Full Time
Day Shift
8-430

Sign-On Bonus:10,000.00

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

To maintain a high quality of work performance in speech therapy. Performs professional speech language pathology services that are concerned with prevention, treatment and restoration of disorders of speech, language, voice, and oral-pharyngeal and cognitive/communication following trauma, disease or developmental disabilities. This may include various speech tests, measurements, and exercises. Operate in a lead capacity for anticipated questions and guidance; also, required to provide prompt decisions while ensuring safe, efficient, and effective speech services.

Minimum Education: Post-Graduate Degree in Speech Language Pathology from a school or program determined by the South Carolina State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to be equivalent to those accredited by the Council on Professional Standards of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
Minimum Years of

Experience:

3 years experience in acute care setting
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): None
Required Certifications/Licensure: Current ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) or its equivalent as approved by the South Carolina State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology;
Licensed as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) by the South Carolina State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology;
CPR Certification.
Required Training: None

• Provides direct speech language pathology services upon referral by a physician or advanced practice provider using specific competencies. Performs all duties of the SLP.
• Demonstrates Age specific competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following patient population: a. Infant (Birth to 1 year) b. Child (1 year through 12 years) c. Adolescent (13 years through 17 years) d. Adult (18 years to 65 years) e. Geriatric (over 65 years).
• Develops speech therapy treatment plans and monitors progress.
• Administers speech therapy treatments.
• Documents/records appropriate patient treatment data, such as patient progress notes, evaluation reports and discharge summaries.
• Works with manager/director/schedulers to coordinate the work flow and ensure timely and accurate service.
• Must utilize good judgment and makes appropriate decisions above and beyond that required of a staff SLP.
• Represents department and communicates with the interdisciplinary team for discharge planning and coordination of medical services during hospital stay.
• Represents department in meetings, such as attending patient care conferences…