Outpatient Speech Therapist - PRN

Job Description

Job Description

Our Outpatient Speech Therapist will assess, monitor, and treat patients for physical impairments, cognitive impairments, functional limitations and developmental delays. This position is for PRN afternoon coverage for 3-6 hours a week.

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DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Patient Care

• Performs comprehensive evaluation of patients' communication, developmental and feeding needs; plans and implements appropriate therapy, ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Provides treatment that involves therapeutic use of work and play/leisure activities to address speech, language, fluency, voice, oral-motor, feeding and cognitive rehabilitation.
• Makes recommendations for patient equipment and assists in ordering; assists in ordering and maintenance of departmental equipment, toys and supplies; assists in maintenance of agency equipment and supplies.
• Assists in maintaining an environment that meets the physical, developmental, and psychosocial needs of the patients, including participation in child development activities.
• Assists with patient caregiving to ensure patient cleanliness, comfort and safety; protects patients and employees by adherence to infection control policies.

Training

• Provides hands-on training to caregivers and student interns.

Documentation/Communication

• Monitors patients’ progress and consults with Therapy Management regarding patient care, goals, interdepartmental and intradepartmental treatment facilitation.
• Provides oral and written communication of patient status, progress, and recommendations to other departments and within department to ensure continuity of patient care; provides communication to patient physician as needed.
• Provides timely documentation consisting of patient evaluations, contact notes, progress notes, goals and discharge summaries, and records all care provided.
• Participates in patient care conferences, in-service education and professional education sessions.

Other Responsibilities

• Provides hearing and speech-language screenings at area schools as requested.
• All other duties as assigned by the Therapy Management team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• The Speech‑Language Pathologist must have a Certificate of Clinical Competence or be completing a clinical fellowship under the supervision of a staff Speech Pathologist
• Be currently licensed in the State of Missouri as a Speech‑Language Pathologist
• Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR card from the American Heart Association
• Previous experience in a pediatric setting preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

These include stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, grasping, pulling, pushing, standing, carrying, and lifting of light loads (up to 35 lb.).