Speech Pathologist PRN

Saint Luke's Health System; Missouri; Remote; USD 48,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Saint Luke’s Home Health in Missouri seeks a PRN Speech Pathologist to join the North Branch Team. The role covers prevention, screening, evaluation, diagnosis and management of speech, language and cognitive-communication impairments in home health patients.

Responsibilities include creating individualized treatment plans, re-evaluating progress and contributing to discharge planning, with possible supervision of students. Remote MO work with at least one shift weekly is expected.

Qualifications

• Basic Life Support certification required.
• ASHA clinical competence certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide prevention, screening, evaluation and management for speech/language impairments.
• Plan and conduct habilitative/rehabilitative programs and counseling.
• Develop individualized treatment plans and reassess progress.
• Discharge planning involvement and documentation per policy.
• Supervise students and supervise treatment by assistants when needed.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team and ensure timely charting.

Skills

Basic Life Support

ASHA Certification

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Speech Pathology

Job description

Job Description Saint Luke's Home Health is seeking a PRN Speech Pathologist to join our North Branch 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, rehabilitive and counseling programs to treat impairments involving verbal and written language.

Remote – MO, this is a PRN position. Working in Northland or others areas depending on need and working a minimum of 1 shift per week.

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

Job Requirements

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

Job Details

PRN Day (United States of America) Saint Luke’s Health System includes 18 hospitals and campuses across the Kansas City region, home care and hospice, behavioral health care, dozens of physician practices, a life care senior living community, and more.

Find out more about what Saint Luke’s offers: http://www.saintlukeskc.org/about-saint-lukes