Speech Pathologist PRN - Saint Luke's North Hospital/Smithville
Job Description
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.
- Evaluates patients after impairment, injury, or disease.
- Creates an individualized patient-centered treatment plan based on evidence-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
Speech Language Pathologist (MO) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
Bachelor's Degree
Job Details
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