Speech Pathologist PRN

Saint Luke's; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, MO seeks a PRN Speech Pathologist to join our team. Provides evaluation, diagnosis, management and counseling for speech-language and swallowing impairments, with emphasis on evidence-based practice.

Plans and conducts habilitative and rehabilitative programs to improve verbal and written communication. Responsibilities include patient-centered treatment planning, periodic reassessment, and discharge planning.

Qualifications

• 1 year applicable experience
• Basic Life Support (AHA/Red Cross)
• ASHA Certification in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC preferred)
• Master's Degree in Speech Pathology

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients after impairment, injury, or disease.
• Create individualized, patient-centered treatment plans based on evaluation.
• Re-evaluate progress and contribute to discharge planning.
• Supervise students and assistants as needed.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team for client care interventions.
• Provide timely documentation per policy and payer requirements.
• Maintain safety for self, patients, and others at all times.

Skills

Documentation

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Clinical evaluation

Education

Master's Degree - Speech Pathology

Bachelor’s degree

CCC designation (Clinical Competence)

Job description

Job Description

Saint Luke’s Hospital is seeking a PRN Speech Pathologist to join our team! Provides prevention, screening, evaluation, diagnosis, management and counseling services to clients with speech/ language, cognitive-communication and /or oral-pharyngeal sensorimotor impairments. Plans directs and conducts habilitative, rehabilitative and counseling programs to treat impairments involving verbal and written language.

• PRN: hour day shifts for weekday and weekend shifts. Typically 8:00 am – 4:30 pm. Minimum requirement is 4 total shifts per 8 week scheduling block with 2 of those being weekend shifts, 1 weekday, and the remaining shift either weekend or weekday. Also required to work on or around major holiday (Thanksgiving, Christmas/New Year) and on or around 1 minor (Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day.)
• Evaluates patients after impairment, injury, or disease.
• Creates an individualized patient-centered treatment plan based on evidenced based practice and selects appropriate interventions based upon evaluation and assessment of patient.
• Re-evaluates and provides periodic reassessment of patient progress and contributes to discharge planning.
• May supervise treatment provided by students and assistants.
• Participates and makes recommendations for client care interventions to the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided.
• Provides timely documentation per department and/or entity policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan.
• Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, patients, and others at all times.
• Performs all other duties as requested by manager.
• Participates in quality initiatives
• Meets system and departmental shift requirements
• MO Speech Pathology license required
• Certificate of Clinical Competence designation preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required

Job Requirements

• Applicable Experience: 1 year
• Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross
• Cert Clinical Competence-Speech/Lang - American Speech Language Hearing Association, Speech Pathology - Various
• Master's Degree - Speech Pathology

Job Details

• PRN
• Day (United States of America)