Speech Language Pathologist

Management MCOA, LLC; Richmond Heights (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Management MCOA, LLC is seeking a clinician to provide direct patient care, develop and adjust speech pathology care plans, and collaborate with families and care teams. The role emphasizes comprehensive documentation, discharge planning, and interdisciplinary rounds to ensure continuity of care across inpatient and outpatient settings.

The position involves evaluating patients, implementing interventions for swallowing, speech, and language impairments, and coordinating with Recovery Care

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care meeting department standards, including evaluation, plan of care, treatment, and discharge planning.
• Designs and modifies therapeutic interventions to address swallowing, speech and language impairments and related goals.
• Performs required documentation: assessments, plans of care, progress notes, discharge summaries, and charges.
• Discharges patients with appropriate discharge planning and family training, coordinating with Recovery Care Coordinator as needed.
• Schedules and maintains assigned caseload consistent with department productivity standards.
• Notifies supervisor of problems affecting delivery of care or caseload; ensures timely, accurate documentation and billing.
• Participates in interdisciplinary care planning, rounds, and family/provider communication for continuity of service.
• Identifies equipment needs and recommends purchases or upgrades to maintain quality of care.
• Attends and participates in in-service trainings.

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 1. Provides direct patient care that meets department and professional standards of practice, including patient evaluation and assessment, development of speech pathology care plan, patient treatment, family/caregiver training and discharge planning. May serve as a clinician in both the inpatient and outpatient settings
• 2. Designs, implements, and modifies therapeutic interventions to alleviate swallowing/speech and language impairments, functional limitations and disabilities. Selects and administers appropriate assessment and treatment techniques
• 3. Performs all necessary customer care documentation, including assessment, plan of care, progress notes, discharge summaries, and charges for evaluation and treatment. Documentation reflects customer status, progress or change, participation by customer and family in goal setting and delivery of care
• 4. Discharges customers from treatment when appropriate with adequate discharge planning including family training, and communicates this appropriately to Recovery Care Coordinator
• 5. Schedules and maintains assigned customer caseload consistent with department productivity standards
• 6. Informs supervisor if problems arise related to the delivery of customer care or caseload volume. Ensures documentation and billing are timely, accurate and complete, including evaluations, re-certifications, progress notes and discharge summaries
• 7. Initiates and participates in interdisciplinary care planning to meet the needs of each customer and family, including participation in rounds and customer care conferences, communicating with and teaching other care providers. May contact community agencies as necessary to provide continuity of service between PureHealth and community
• 8. Identifies needs for equipment repair or upgrade to maintain quality of care. Makes recommendations for selection and purchase of specific equipment and supplies
• 9. Attends and participates in in-service training.

Competencies

• Advances customers as indicated throughout therapy stay
• Effectively communicates and collaborates with internal and external customers: customers, physicians, family members and team members
• Quality and timely documentation
• Quality and timely evaluations
• Demonstrate quality supervision of Assistants