Speech-Language Pathologist - Home Health - PRN

Sanford Health•Rapid City, SD

11h•Remote

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Our top-rated home health agency is hiring a compassionate, dedicated healthcare professional for a rewarding role with flexibility and purpose. We are a small, close-knit team that takes pride in delivering exceptional care and are looking for someone who shares our passion. This role involves administering speech and language evaluations, tests, and examinations to diagnose and plan treatments for clients/patients/residents with various speech problems and swallowing disorders. You will assess individuals with speech, language, cognitive, or swallowing problems and develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical diagnoses. The position requires providing speech and language services, monitoring disease progression, adjusting treatments, and instructing clients/patients/residents in therapeutic exercises. Ensuring all speech and language related standards, policies, protocols, and quality requirements are met is crucial. The role may involve treating individuals of all ages with varying diagnoses and disorders, demonstrating documentation in accordance with departmental guidelines, and adhering to accepted clinical practice guidelines. Flexibility with variable work schedules and assignments is expected, as is participation in activities to promote the department and Sanford Health. Interaction with external individuals such as providers, case managers, and third-party payers will occur. There may be opportunities to supervise assistants, aides, and students, and to provide ongoing education and training to peers. Work may focus on individuals in post-acute, long-term care, and home health care environments.

Requirements

Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure.
Must be licensed in the state(s) of practice as Speech-Language Pathologist.
When applicable, may require valid driver's license.
Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for health care providers required or within the first 60 days of employment.

Nice To Haves

Holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence issued by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) or currently working on Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY).
When working at a Sanford Health Facility (not required but preferred by GSS Facilities)

Responsibilities

Administers speech and language evaluations, tests or examinations to diagnose and plan treatments for clients/patients/residents with various speech problems and swallowing disorders.
Assesses clients/patients/residents with various speech, language, cognitive or swallowing problems and develops individualized treatment plans based on clinical diagnoses.
Provides speech and language services to clients/patients/residents; monitors disease progression and adjusts treatments accordingly.
Instructs clients/patients/residents in practicing speech and language therapeutic exercises; provides consultation for clients/patients/residents working through speech and language treatment processes.
Ensures all speech and language related standards, policies, protocols and quality requirements are met.
May treat individuals of all ages with varying diagnosis and disorders.
Will demonstrate documentation in accordance with departmental guidelines and meet all regulatory requirements.
Demonstrates level of treatment associated with their specialty provided to their clients/patients/residents.
Follows and adheres to accepted clinical practice guidelines of professional organization.
Exhibits flexibility with acceptance of variable work schedules/assignments.
Participates in activities to promote the department, Good Samaritan Society and Sanford Health.
Will be interacting with individuals outside of the department including but not limited to: providers, case managers, third party payers, public organizations, etc.
May be asked to supervise assistants, aides, and students as they provide client/patient/resident care, treatment, or other services.
Will be expected to provide ongoing education and training to peers in the area(s) of expertise as determined by the department leadership.
Performs other related duties as requested by manager.
Based on assigned area, work may focus on those receiving intervention in the post-acute, long term care and home health care environments when applicable.