Speech Therapist Per diem Jefferson Abington

Abington Memorial Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision Insurance

Life and AD&D insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Jefferson Health in the Philadelphia region seeks a Speech-Language Pathologist to provide therapy evaluations, treatment planning, interventions and discharge planning across acute care, skilled facilities, acute rehab and outpatient settings. The role includes opportunities to participate in student education and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.

Requires a Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology, ASHA CCC, state license and CPR; 0–2 years of clinical practice accepted.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology is required.
• ASHA CCC in Speech-Language Pathology required.
• State license required.
• CPR certification required.
• 0–2 years of clinical practice preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide therapy evaluations, treatment planning, interventions and discharge planning for a full patient caseload.
• Participate in student education (part-time ICE, OT level 1 or full-time student).
• Plan, organize and deliver treatment programs to help clients recover and rehabilitate.
• Document health progress information, daily treatments, evaluations and discharge summaries.

Skills

Therapy evaluation

Treatment planning

Discharge planning

Documentation

Education delivery

Education

Master's in Speech-Language Pathology

ASHA CCC

State license

CPR certification

Job description

Job Description

Essential Functions: Provide therapy evaluations, treatment planning, treatment interventions and discharge planning for a full patient caseload in acute care, skilled facility, acute rehab, outpatient settings as appropriate.

• Participate in student education: Part-time e.g. ICE, OT level 1 or a full-time student.
• Participates in education and teaching commensurate with novice clinician.
• Plans, organizes and delivers treatment programs that help clients/patients recover and rehabilitate.
• Utilizes tools and techniques to administer safe therapeutic interventions and trainings, for patient and families.
• Records and documents clients/patients' health progress information for evaluation, all therapeutic interventions including daily treatments, progress notes, evaluations and discharge. summaries.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education:
SLP: Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology required. AND 0-2 years of clinical practice required. ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Speech-Language Pathology required. State License required. CPR certification required.

Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity Abington Memorial Hospital Primary Location Address 1200 Old York Road, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

• medical (including prescription)
• supplemental insurance
• dental
• vision
• life and AD&D insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• flexible spending accounts
• retirement plans
• tuition assistance
• as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
• Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
• All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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With a long standing history, Jefferson has been advancing the medical field from the heart of Center City Philadelphia for nearly 200 years. Our Mission, We Improve Lives, expands to every corner of the organization. From our weekly farmer’s market, to our new Jefferson Accelerator Zone for innovation, our employees’ passion for the community is evident by the daily gestures towards our patients, students and each other.

If you are enthusiastic, caring and dedicated to service excellence, we invite you to consider joining Jefferson.