Hospital Speech Language Pathologist

FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME OPENINGS

Duties/Responsibilities:

·        Plan, manage, and coordinate patient evaluations and treatments based upon age-specific needs.

·        Evaluate patients referred, incorporating data from the medical record and assessing disorders of swallowing, motor-speech, language, voice, fluency, and cognitive-linguistic functioning, and rehabilitation potential.

·        Correlate data from the evaluation to determine individualized plan of care, directed toward short- and long-term goals.

·        Follow all established policies and procedures for documentation and form completion.

·        Administer treatment requiring the advanced skills and knowledge of a specialist, including swallowing, oral-motor skills, language skills, written communication, dysarthria, apraxia, language, voice, fluency, cognitive-linguistic functioning, and audiological screening.

·        Determine appropriateness of patient’s response to treatment and consult with physician concerning modifications in plan of care.

·        Analyze tasks and adapt the environment, tools, materials, treatments to the needs of patients and their sociocultural context.

·        Analyze tasks and adapt the environment, tools, materials, treatments to the needs of patients and their sociocultural context.

·        Use supplies in a cost-efficient way and perform the appropriate charge capture procedure.

·        Design individualized home programs and educate patients, family and ancillary personnel in specific procedure, equipment utilization and home programs.

·        Schedule patients for treatments according to volume of patient load and demand, including coordinating patient’s schedule with other services and non-direct care tasks.

·        Delegate patient treatment to support personnel according to their expertise/experience, maintaining the responsibility for the patient and treatment programs at all times.

·        Any and all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.  

Required Skills/Abilities:

·        Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

·        Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.

·        Excellent customer service skills.

·        Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

·        Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

·        Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

·        Strong supervisory and leadership skills.

·        Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.

·        Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.

·        Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

·        Ability to communicate effectively with physicians, staff, patients, families

·        Protect confidentiality in all areas as applicable Knowledge of legal and ethical considerations in occupational therapy practice

·        Ability to keep accurate records and write meaningful reports

·        Ability to execute therapeutic procedures and manipulate special equipment accurately and safely

Education, Licenses, Certifications and Experience:

·        Certificate of Clinical Competence from ASHA and/or has current Clinical Fellowship Year plan

·        Licensed or licensure eligible in state of Oklahoma

·        Current CPR certification

·        Current ACLS certification

·        Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology preferred

·        (3) years of rehab Speech Pathology experience preferred