Speech Language Pathologist - RIO

Legacy Health • Portland, OR

1d • $49 - $70

About The Position

The Speech Language Pathologist assesses patients and plans and implements individualized treatment programs intended to achieve the best possible outcomes. The role collaborates with a multidisciplinary team and is based in RIO.

The position includes evaluating patients’ subjective and objective limitations, selecting appropriate assessment procedures, setting measurable short- and long-term goals, coordinating care with interdisciplinary team members, and involving patients and caregivers in goal-setting and discharge planning. The therapist delivers and adapts treatment according to patient needs and progress, provides home exercise and education resources, and maintains accurate and timely documentation.

Requirements

• Education as required by licensure.
• Knowledge of medical and neurological terminology and behavioral management techniques.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Competency appropriate to the ages of patients served, including the ability to obtain and interpret information about patient needs, knowledge of normal growth and development, and understanding of the range of treatment needed.
• Excellent organizational skills to facilitate program development.
• Computer skills.
• Current applicable state license as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP).
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or be in the process of obtaining it through a Clinical Fellowship Year. The CCC is required upon initial hire in the Legacy System unless the candidate demonstrates evidence of a past CCC.
• BLS for Providers certification from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Identify patients’ subjective and objective limitations and use assessment tools and procedures appropriate to their age and disability.
• Develop individualized therapeutic programs with measurable short- and long-term goals and projected achievement timeframes.
• Involve patients and caregivers in goal-setting and discharge planning.
• Coordinate treatment plans with interdisciplinary team members.
• Deliver age-appropriate treatment using skills suited to the clinician’s experience and procedures that meet professional standards.
• Apply techniques tailored to each patient’s needs and ensure treatment progresses in line with established goals.
• Use clinical reasoning and judgment to support treatment plans, and revise plans as patient status, problems, or functional limitations change.
• Involve patients and caregivers in treatment to promote functional outcomes.
• Provide education and opportunities for functional carryover through home exercise programs.
• Prepare legible, accurate, timely, and concise documentation, including medical records, physician letters, communications with payors or vendors, daily flow sheets, and progress notes.
• Tailor patient and family education to age and educational level, while recognizing and respecting their belief systems.
• Design education programs aligned with realistic patient and family goals and provide written and verbal home education materials.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed