Speech Language Pathologist

Job Description
The Speech Language Pathologist specializes in assessing, diagnosing, treating, and helping to prevent swallowing and communication disorders in a variety of age groups to include: infant (birth to 1 year), Pediatric (1year to 12 years), Adolescence (13-17 years, Adult (18-64 years), and Geriatric (65 years and above). Swallowing, speech and language disorders result from a variety of causes including, but not limited to, autism, a cleft palate, Parkinson's disease, developmental delay, hearing loss, brain injury and stroke. The Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) plans and organizes speech therapy programs in hospital, educational, outpatient, and/or community settings to facilitate speech and language development.
Responsibilities:

• Evaluating levels of swallowing, speech and language difficulty and creating and carrying out individualized treatment plans addressing specific functional needs.
• Completing administrative tasks including documenting billing information and keeping timely and accurate records of initial evaluations, diagnoses, treatment progress and any treatment plan notes as required by law and hospital policy and procedures.
• Develop and implement purposeful goals for assigned patients.
• Identifies and reviews treatment plans and assess patient performance to modify, change, or write new SLP programs.
• Patient and family education/training, in addition to counseling individuals and families on ways to cope with swallowing and communication disorders.
• Takes responsibility for care given to patient by support staff which includes orienting, instructing, and directing work activities of students and techs.
• Confers with physician and other practitioners to integrate SLP with other aspects of patient's health care.
• Maintains current state licensure by completing licensing board and state requirements.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, and adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Demonstrate understanding of the obligation to preserve the confidentiality of customer and staff health and financial information and circumstances.
• Maintains legal and accreditation compliance by adhering to policy positions concerning federal, state, and local regulations and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO) standards.
• Apply DRH Standards of Behavior and exhibit behaviors consistent with DRH core values.
• Satisfactorily performs other related duties as assigned.

Shift: 1
Hours: Monday-Friday, 80 hrs pp
Type: Full Time
Category: Clinical
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and or/ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions: Analytical skills for selecting the best diagnostic tools and analyzing results to identify an accurate diagnosis while developing an effective treatment plan; Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents; Communication skills for communicating diagnoses, test results and available treatments in terms that clients and their families can understand; Compassion when working with individuals frustrated by the difficulties they are experiencing; Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints; Critical thinking skills for adjusting treatment plans as required and identifying alternative ways to help; Attention to detail for maintaining notes on treatment and progress; Listening skills for listening to concerns and symptoms of clients so they can decide the most appropriate course of treatment; Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques;. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
Education and/or Experience: Minimum of a Master's Degree and at least one year related experience preferred.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations: American Speech/Hearing/Language Association (ASHA) Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) preferred; Current Oklahoma State License required. BLS for Healthcare Providers CPR and AED certification required
*Safety-Sensitive Position -This is a "Safety-Sensitive" Position as defined by Oklahoma law. As such, please be advised that applicants for this position cannot test positive in pre-employment drug tests (or any drug tests administered after employment begins) for the presence of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive component of cannabis. This is true even if the applicant is in possession of a valid medical marijuana card that otherwise allows the license-holder to legally use and consume medical marijuana. Team Members in "Safety-Sensitive" positions are not permitted to test positive for the presence of THC in any pre-employment drug test, or any other drug test administered after employment begins. This information is provided to applicants as a resource to the application process. This is not a request for any applicant to disclose personal medical information during the application process. If you have any questions about the information in this disclaimer please direct these questions to a member of Human Resources.
**This position requires respirator and fit testing. Required testing will be performed on all team members at risk for exposure to airborne infectious diseases, droplet producing procedures, or any caustic chemicals.
***As a condition of employment, vaccinations are required per DRH Policy. Medical and Religious Exemptions are available upon request.