Speech Pathologist

About the role

Saint Luke's South is seeking a part-time Speech Pathologist to join our team!

The Speech Pathologist provides prevention, screening, evaluation, diagnosis, management and counseling services to clients with speech/ language, cognitive-communication and /or oral-pharyngeal sensorimotor impairments.

• This is a part time, benefit eligible position. Employee will work Monday, Thursday, and Friday. Shift is 8:00-4:30. Employee with primarily work in Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute but will be expected to cross train to the acute setting. This position does have weekend and holiday requirements.
• Plans directs and conducts habilitative, rehabilitative and counseling programs to treat impairments involving verbal and written language.
• 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.  
• Supervises 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  

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