Job Title
: Speech Language Pathologist-PHYSICAL MED IP ACUTE PRN Day/Weekend
Shift Differential Pay $3.50/eve, $5.00/nights,$6.00/weekend
Job Location
: CARROLLTON
Employee Type
: PRN
Shift
: Day, Weekend
Job Description
:General summary
A Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) is Licensed professional who is responsible for providing medically prescribed speech therapy services to patients. SLPs provide evaluation and treatment of swallowing disorders and speech and language problems resulting from strokes, head injury, respiratory issues, and other medical complications.?SLPs work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.
Reporting relationships
Reports to the Manager of Rehabilitation Services
Primary job function
Upon referral, evaluates a patient to determine problems and goals of each patient in cooperation with physician.
Collaborate and support plan of care as determined by the physician and healthcare team. Provide treatments accordingly. Performs periodic re-evaluation of the patient as necessary, adjusts the patient’s plan of care as needed. Coordinate and assist with care as indicated.
Interprets and communicates evaluation findings and treatment program to patients, family, and other team members.
Supervises Rehabilitation Aides and students when concerning patient care.
Perform evaluation and treatment of cognitive-communication disorders including problems organizing thoughts, paying attention, remembering, planning, and/or problem-solving.
Perform evaluation and treatment of feeding and swallowing difficulties, which may follow an illness, surgery, stroke, or injury.
Maintains patient records that reflect patient treatment: (Evaluation, daily treatment record, physician update, patient care plan updates, discharge summaries, telephone orders, billing).
Clinical knowledge and skill, or ability to develop knowledge and skills required for evaluation and treatment of pediatric, adolescent and geriatric patient populations.
Ability to travel between facilities or other treatment locations as necessary.
Responsible for performing tasks that are within the scope of his/her educational preparation, knowledge, and permitted by the policies and procedures of the organization, and other local, state, and federal guidelines.
Participate in multidisciplinary rounds/meetings and in-services as needed.
Performs other position-related duties as assigned
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $60.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
