Speech Language Pathologist Hourly

Sarah Bush Lincoln; United States; Vor Ort; USD 49.000 - 76.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sarah Bush Lincoln is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist to provide individualized treatment for patients with speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders across hospital and outreach sites, including long-term care facilities, schools, clinics, and homes. The role requires an MS degree, active SLP license and BLS within 90 days of hire; pay starts at $35.43 per hour and progresses with experience.

Responsibilities include assessment, treatment planning, documentation, patient/family

Qualifikationen

• MS Degree required; licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and BLS within 90 days of hire.
• BLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire.

Aufgaben

• Prepare reports of diagnostic findings, treatments and progress.
• Carry out treatment as planned utilizing appropriate techniques and equipment.
• Reassess and modify treatments as appropriate.
• Conduct inservice education programs and participate in community service as requested.
• Assess each patient to determine most appropriate treatment method.
• Develop care plans.
• Document treatment and plans of care to describe client progress and ensure compliance.
• Collaborate with health care team to coordinate plans of care and optimize outcomes.
• Coordinate schedule and assignments to maximize productivity and meet deadlines.
• Maintain competency and seek ongoing education to stay current.
• Maintain and correctly utilize equipment (VisiPitch, electrolarynx, AAC devices, dictating units).
• Educate patients and families about disorder, treatment recommendations, and functional effects.
• Provide supervision to graduate students during internships.
• Provide individualized education to clients and caregivers with clear rationale; document accordingly.
• Upon licensure, perform duties independently and supervise staff as needed.

Kenntnisse

MS Degree

Licensed SLP

BLS/CPR Certified

Ausbildung

MS Degree

Tools

VisiPitch

Electrolarynx

Augmentative communication devices

Dictating units

Jobbeschreibung

Speech Language Pathologist Hourly

Job Description

Speech/Language Pathologists provide individualized treatment programs for patients exhibiting speech-language, voice and/or swallowing problems, based on evaluation and assessment of problem. Provides services in hospital and various outreach sites, which may include long-term care facilities, schools, clinics, and homes.

Department: Speech Pathology

Hours: PRN (as needed)

Required: MS Degree, Licensed Speech and Language Pathologist and BLS within 90 days of hire.

Pay: based on experience, starting at $35.43

Responsibilities

• Accurately prepares reports of diagnostic findings, treatments and progress.
• Carries out treatment as planned utilizing appropriate manual techniques and available equipment and/or modalities.
• Reassesses and modifies treatments as appropriate.
• Conducts inservice education programs and participates in community service programs as requested.
• Conducts thorough assessment of each patient to determine most appropriate method of treatment.
• Develops care plans.
• Documents treatment and plans of care efficiently and effectively in order to best describe client progress toward established goals and to assure compliance with professional and regulatory standards related to general reporting and reimbursement issues.
• Effectively collaborates/communicates with other members of the health care team in order to coordinate plans of care and optimize patient outcomes.
• Effectively coordinates schedule and assignments in order to assure maximum productivity, efficiency, and meets deadlines and commitment to customers including patients, other physical medicine staff members and other members of the health care team.
• Maintains and consistently demonstrates competency in all areas of assigned client care needs and seeks out additional information, inservices or educational opportunities to remain competent and current.
• Maintains and correctly utilizes departmental equipment (i.e., VisiPitch, electrolarynx, augmentative communication devices, dictating units, etc).
• Provides education to patients and families regarding: the nature of the disorder, recommendations for treatment, and the functional effects of the disorder.
• Provides effective supervision to graduate students during their internship.
• Provides individualized education to clients and significant others or caregivers as applicable. Includes information appropriate to level of education/comprehension related to underlying pathology, rationale for specific instructions, contraindications, side effects (if any), and consequences for variances in compliance. Documents according to professional, regulatory and Health Center standards.
• Upon licensure, performs duties independently with little or no direct supervision as well as take responsibility to supervise clinical practice of assistant or aide level staff members of the department.

Requirements

• MS (Required)BLS or CPR certification (within 90 days of hire) - Sarah Bush Lincoln, Licensed Speech and Language Pathologist - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
• MS Degree, Licensed Speech and Language Pathologist and BLS within 90 days of hire.

Compensation

Estimated Compensation Range
$35.43 - $54.92
Pay based on experience