Speech Language Pathologist

Richmond Heights SNF; Richmond Heights (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Richmond Heights SNF is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist to provide direct patient care in inpatient and outpatient settings, developing and implementing therapy plans. You will evaluate patients, create care plans, train families, and participate in discharge planning to ensure smooth transitions.

Responsibilities include designing interventions for swallowing and communication disorders, documenting progress, maintaining caseloads, and collaborating with physicians, care teams, and

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care meeting standards, including evaluation, care plan, treatment, and discharge planning; inpatient/outpatient.
• Designs and modifies interventions to address swallowing/speech and language impairments and functional limitations.
• Documents assessment, plan of care, progress notes, and discharge summaries; notes patient and family participation.
• Discharges customers with discharge planning and family training; informs Recovery Care Coordinator.
• Schedules and maintains caseload consistent with productivity standards.
• Alerts supervisor to problems with delivery of care or caseload; ensures timely, accurate billing.
• Participates in interdisciplinary care planning, rounds, and care conferences; coordinates with community agencies.
• Identifies equipment needs and makes recommendations for repairs, upgrades, purchases.
• Attends and participates in in-service training.

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