Speech Therapist

OVERVIEW:

The Speech Language Pathologist in a Skilled Nursing
Facility environment, diagnoses and treats speech and language problems.
Evaluates speech and language skills as related to educational, medical,
social, and psychological factors. Plans, directs, or conducts rehabilitative
treatment programs to restore communicative efficiency of individuals with
communication problems of organic and non-organic etiology. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

•   Evaluates all residents/patients who have been
  referred by their physicians with a written order. Develops a treatment program
  including functional long and short term goals for all the residents/patients
  placed on a Speech therapy program.
•  Provides treatment as ordered by the attending
  physician. Interprets, plan, establishes, and exercises proper treatment
  program in accordance with the physician’s referral, periodically, reviewing
  the resident’s/patient’s program and response and making recommendations to the
  physician relative to the need of continuing or discontinuing the Speech therapy
  treatment.
• Contacts the physician for resident’s/patient’s
  reports and care as needed. Observes, records, and reports to the physician the
  resident’s/patient’s reactions to the therapy programs or any changes in the
  resident’s/patient’s condition.
•  Instructs, teaches and supervises
  residents/patients, and family/caregivers, regarding Speech therapy procedures
  as related to the resident’s/patient’s therapy programs.
• Participates in staff development activities.
  Participates in in-service education programs.
• Supervise CFYs as per the guidelines set forth
  by ASHA.
• Adheres to all applicable federal, state, local,
  facility and company (BHI) maintained standards of care and ethics and policies
  concerned with the practice of Speech therapy and among other things, personnel
  qualifications.
• Meets productivity and utilization expectation
  as established by the company.

• Completes timely clinical documentation to
  include functional goal setting, progress and therapeutic approach.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

·      
Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology

·      
Certificate of Clinical Competency or
eligibility for Clinical Fellowship Year

·      
Current state licensure

·      
Current CPR certification