Outpatient Speech Language Pathologist

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga • Chattanooga, TN

6d • $33 - $49 • Onsite

About The Position

As our Speech Language Pathologist, you will be a vital clinician, expertly assessing, diagnosing, and treating communication and swallowing disorders to significantly improve patient quality of life. Every day, you will conduct comprehensive evaluations for all referred patients, meticulously implementing individualized treatment plans. You'll contribute clinical expertise to develop/upgrade treatment programs/protocols, and actively shape departmental and organizational goals. To be successful in this role, you will possess advanced clinical knowledge, exceptional diagnostic/therapeutic skills, and a compassionate, patient-centered approach.
Applies the knowledge and skills needed to do the job while keeping informed about practices, procedures, and new developments related to own work including: educating patients/families regarding evaluation and treatment procedures and activities, recognizing changes in the patient’s medical status and notifying nursing when appropriate, assisting to maintain medical records/documentation for each patients and their plan of care, performs evaluations/treatments for patients exhibiting speech/language/cognitive/swallowing deficits, scheduling of patients, performing duties with minimal supervision of director, demonstrating effective time management skills by completing patient care assignments in a quality manner.
Demonstrates commitment to professional behavior by: successfully completing annual certification requirements, attending mandatory in-services, demonstrates ability to share knowledge while working with the students and co-workers, assessing learning needs of staff and orients personnel as need arises, providing and responding to positive constructive feedback to support staff, willing to work over as patient volume requires to meet customer’s needs, reporting to work on time and beginning assigned work in a timely manner, develops and maintains smooth cooperative working relationships with others, responding promptly to inquiries, organizes or finishes work on time 90% of the time, presents professional appearance through compliance with dress code, maintaining privacy and/or confidential hospital information at all times, completing daily patient charges to ensure timely entry into the computer system and reporting systems, participating in departmental quality improvement activities.
Demonstrates commitment to personal development by: identifying areas of professional weakness and seeking out resources, offering assistance to peers, remaining flexible by coping successfully with a variety of situations and personalities and the changing work environment, recognizing and performing duties which need to be performed although were not directly assigned, maintaining appropriate licensure and certification, pursuing continuing education that may be beneficial to daily work or growth of services and sharing the knowledge with others.
Demonstrates customer focused attitude: listening effectively to gain understanding of customer needs and response by taking appropriate and timely action, initiating/promoting customer relations within the department, presenting self and position appropriately to hospital visitors and staff at all times, maintaining positive interaction with customers (patients, visitors, physicians, team members), dealing effectively with stressful situations, looking for ways to improve service and introduce new work procedures that save time/effort/money.
Demonstrates effective communication skills: consistently good verbal and written communication skills with all primary customers, demonstrating attention to and conveying understanding of the comments/questions/concerns of others.
Demonstrates adherence to policies/procedures/standards: participation in required classes and activities for hospital accreditation, complies with specific policies/procedures/assignments concerning safety and codes, providing a safe patient environment free from hazards by complying with hospital safety policies and procedures, ensures that equipment is working properly and reporting malfunctions/abuse/loss promptly, keeping noise and clutter to a minimum in a patient’s room and in therapy department.

Requirements

• Masters Of Science Master's Degree in Communication Disorders, upon hire
• Speech Language Pathologist: TN, upon hire
• Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

Nice To Haves

• Doctorate Of Science Doctorate in Communication Disorders Preferred., upon hire
• Experience in acute care or outpatient services preferred
• Certificate Other VITALSTIM Certification Preferred

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive evaluations for all referred patients.
• Implement individualized treatment plans.
• Contribute clinical expertise to develop/upgrade treatment programs/protocols.
• Shape departmental and organizational goals.
• Educate patients/families regarding evaluation and treatment procedures and activities.
• Recognize changes in the patient’s medical status and notify nursing when appropriate.
• Maintain medical records/documentation for each patient and their plan of care.
• Perform evaluations/treatments for patients exhibiting speech/language/cognitive/swallowing deficits.
• Schedule patients.
• Complete patient care assignments in a quality manner.
• Share knowledge while working with students and co-workers.
• Orient personnel as needed.
• Provide and respond to positive constructive feedback to support staff.
• Work over as patient volume requires to meet customer’s needs.
• Report to work on time and begin assigned work in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain smooth cooperative working relationships with others.
• Respond promptly to inquiries.
• Organize or finish work on time 90% of the time.
• Present professional appearance through compliance with dress code.
• Maintain privacy and/or confidential hospital information at all times.
• Complete daily patient charges to ensure timely entry into the computer system and reporting systems.
• Participate in departmental quality improvement activities.
• Identify areas of professional weakness and seek out resources.
• Offer assistance to peers.
• Remain flexible by coping successfully with a variety of situations and personalities and the changing work environment.
• Recognize and perform duties which need to be performed although were not directly assigned.
• Maintain appropriate licensure and certification.
• Pursue continuing education that may be beneficial to daily work or growth of services and share the knowledge with others.
• Listen effectively to gain understanding of customer needs and respond by taking appropriate and timely action.
• Initiate/promote customer relations within the department.
• Present self and position appropriately to hospital visitors and staff at all times.
• Maintain positive interaction with customers (patients, visitors, physicians, team members).
• Deal effectively with stressful situations.
• Look for ways to improve service and introduce new work procedures that save time/effort/money.
• Consistently demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills with all primary customers.
• Demonstrate attention to and convey understanding of the comments/questions/concerns of others.
• Participate in required classes and activities for hospital accreditation.
• Comply with specific policies/procedures/assignments concerning safety and codes.
• Provide a safe patient environment free from hazards by complying with hospital safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure that equipment is working properly and report malfunctions/abuse/loss promptly.
• Keep noise and clutter to a minimum in a patient’s room and in therapy department.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level