SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

Citadel Care Centers; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Citadel Care Centers in Florida seeks a Speech-Language Pathologist to evaluate and treat residents with speech and language disorders in a Skilled Nursing Facility.

You will plan functional goals, deliver therapy as ordered, document progress, supervise CFYs per ASHA guidelines, and collaborate with physicians and staff to ensure quality care & compliance. Current Florida licensure and CCC or CFY eligibility required.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
• Certificate of Clinical Competency or eligibility for Clinical Fellowship Year.
• Current Speech-Language Pathology licensure in Florida.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates residents/patients referred by physicians with a written order and develops a treatment program with functional long- and short-term goals.
• Delivers treatment as ordered by the attending physician and reviews progress with the physician to determine continuation or discontinuation of therapy.
• Maintains communications with physicians, documents progress and updates treatment plans as needed.
• Instructs, teaches and supervises residents/patients and family/caregivers regarding speech therapy procedures.
• Participates in staff development and in-service education activities.
• Supervises CFYs per ASHA guidelines.
• Adheres to applicable standards of care, ethics and facility policies.
• Meets productivity and utilization expectations and completes timely clinical documentation.

Education

Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Job description

OVERVIEW:

The Speech Language Pathologist in a Skilled Nursing Facility environment, diagnoses and treats speech and language problems.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Evaluates all residents/patients who have been referred by their physicians with a written order. Develops a treatment program including functional long- and short-term goals for all the residents/patients placed on a Speech therapy program.
• Provides treatment as ordered by the attending physician. Interprets, plan, establishes, and exercises proper treatment program in accordance with the physician's referral, periodically, reviewing the resident's/patient's program and response and making recommendations to the physician relative to the need of continuing or discontinuing the Speech therapy treatment.
• Contacts the physician for resident's/patient's reports and care as needed. Observes, records, and reports to the physician the resident's/patient's reactions to the therapy programs or any changes in the resident's/patient's condition.
• Instructs, teaches and supervises residents/patients, and family/caregivers, regarding Speech therapy procedures as related to the resident's/patient's therapy programs.
• Participates in staff development activities. Participates in in-service education programs.
• Supervise CFYs as per the guidelines set forth by ASHA.
• Adheres to all applicable federal, state, local, facility and company (BHI) maintained standards of care and ethics and policies concerned with the practice of Speech therapy and among other things, personnel qualifications.
• Meets productivity and utilization expectation as established by the company.
• Completes timely clinical documentation to include functional goal setting, progress and therapeutic approach.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology
• Certificate of Clinical Competency or eligibility for Clinical Fellowship Year
• Current Speech-Language Pathology licensure in Florida