Speech Pathologist

University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics; Time; On-site; NOK 665,000 - 951,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Utah Health seeks a Speech Pathologist to provide evaluation and therapeutic management for patients with speech, language, swallowing, and cognitive disorders. This role emphasizes patient-centered care within our academic health system.

Responsibilities include establishing goals, delivering therapy, educating patients and caregivers, coordinating with other disciplines, documenting care, and contributing to quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Provide evaluation and therapy for speech, language, swallowing, and cognitive disorders.
• Develop and implement treatment plans.
• Ability to supervise aides and students and respond to emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients' abilities and set treatment goals.
• Administer therapy per plan using appropriate procedures and equipment.
• Educate patients and caregivers on goals, methods, home programs, and injury prevention.
• Re-evaluate progress and advise discharge decisions.
• Consult and co-treat with therapists from other disciplines.
• Document patient care according to established criteria.
• Participate in continuous quality improvement projects.
• Supervise aides, assistants, attendants, and volunteers.
• May administer dye for swallow studies.

Skills

Speech pathology evaluation

Therapy plan development

Team collaboration

Patient education

Documentation

Job description

Overview

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

This position provides evaluation and therapeutic management for patients with speech, language, and/or cognitive disorders.

Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates patients' abilities and limitations.
• Establishes treatment goals based on the evaluation and reason for the referral and team interaction.
• Administers therapy according to the established plan, utilizing appropriate procedures, equipment and techniques within the scope of practice of Speech Pathology.
• Educates the patient and caregiver about the goals of the program, methods of accomplishing goals, how to perform the home program, and injury prevention.
• Recommends adaptive equipment and completes the equipment justification forms.
• Re-evaluates patients, assesses their progress and makes recommendations regarding discharge.
• Consults and co-treats with therapists from other disciplines.
• Provides documentation of patient care according to established criteria.
• Participates in continuous quality improvement projects.
• Supervises the patient care activities of aides, assistants, attendants, and volunteers.
• Participates in in-services, medical conferences, staff meetings, continuing education courses, team meetings, and other related activities.
• Assists with departmental maintenance and supplies.
• Provides in-services for staff, other departments and the community.
• May administer dye to patients undergoing swallow studies.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to provide evaluation and/or treatment for speech, language, and swallowing and/or cognitive disorders and develop and implement treatment plans.
• Ability to provide work direction to aides, volunteers and students; identify program needs; develop new areas of activity; and respond to emergency situations.
• Knowledge of the principles of life span growth and development.
• Ability to assess data regarding the patient's status and provide care as described in the department's policies and procedures manual.
• Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills.

Licenses Required

• Current licensure to practice as a Speech Pathologist in the State of Utah.
• Current RQI Healthcare Provider eCredential through the University of Utah Health RQI system. The eCredential is to be obtained within 30 days of hire.
• * Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Preferred

• Experience in the following areas; dysphagia, stroke, head trauma, diffuse brain pathology, neurologic diseases and disorders, developmental language delay, dysfluency, voice pathology, motor speech disorders, cognitive disorders.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This is a sedentary position in an office setting that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.

Physical Requirements

• Carrying
• Color Determination
• Far Vision
• Lifting
• Listening
• Manual Dexterity
• Near Vision
• Pulling and/or Pushing
• Reaching
• Sitting
• Speaking
• Standing
• Stooping and Crouching
• Tasting or Smelling
• Walking