Speech Language Pathologist

Description

• Organizes and conducts Speech-Language Pathology services to facilitate the (re) habilitation of people with physical and/or psychosocial disabilities.
• The Speech-Language Pathologist directs the patient's participation in selected activities/treatments to promote and/or maintain good health and communication.
• Organizes and conducts the Speech-Language Pathology plan of care to facilitate the habilitation or rehabilitation of people with speech, language, cognitive-linguistic, psychosocial, and swallowing disabilities.
• Directs patient participation in selected activities to establish, enhance, and restore speech, language, cognitive-linguistic, psychosocial, and swallowing abilities.
• Performs evaluation(s), develops an effective treatment plan appropriate to a patient’s rehabilitation needs within the care continuum, initiates and participates in the discharge planning process.
• Educates patient/family/caregiver in applicable health information, treatment and prevention.
• Performs other department activities such as, but not limited to, documentation, billing, support of department operations, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients.
• Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
• Monday-Friday.
• This position is part time 20 hours per week.
• The territory will be for but not limited to Lorain and Western Cuyahoga counties and surrounding area.
• The population is pediatrics.
• 100% travel to the patients homes.
• This will have 15 visits per week.