Speech/Language Pathologist
About The Position
Speech/Language Pathologists provide individualized treatment programs for patients with speech-language, voice, and/or swallowing problems, based on evaluation and assessment. Services are provided in the hospital and at outreach sites, which may include long-term care facilities, schools, clinics, and homes. The role includes evaluating patients, developing and carrying out treatment plans, reassessing and modifying treatment as appropriate, and documenting findings, treatment, and progress. The Speech/Language Pathologist also educates patients and caregivers, collaborates with the health care team, maintains departmental equipment and clinical competency, and may supervise graduate students and assistant- or aide-level staff. Once licensed, the position performs duties independently with little or no direct supervision. This is a full-time position requiring 40 hours per week. The stated starting pay is $35.43 per hour, based on experience. The estimated compensation range is $73,694.40–$114,233.60.
Requirements
- Master of Science degree.
- Licensed Speech and Language Pathologist in Illinois through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
- BLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire.
Responsibilities
- Prepare accurate reports of diagnostic findings, treatments, and progress.
- Carry out treatment plans using appropriate manual techniques and available equipment or modalities; reassess and modify treatments as appropriate.
- Conduct in-service education programs and participate in community service programs as requested.
- Thoroughly assess each patient to determine the most appropriate treatment method.
- Develop care plans.
- Document treatment and plans of care efficiently and effectively, describing client progress toward established goals and supporting compliance with professional and regulatory reporting and reimbursement standards.
- Collaborate and communicate with other health care team members to coordinate care plans and optimize patient outcomes.
- Coordinate schedules and assignments to support productivity, efficiency, deadlines, and commitments to patients and colleagues.
- Maintain competency in assigned client care needs and seek information, in-service training, or educational opportunities to remain current.
- Maintain and correctly use departmental equipment, including VisiPitch, electrolarynx, augmentative communication devices, and dictating units.
- Educate patients and families about disorders, treatment recommendations, and functional effects.
- Supervise graduate students during internships.
- Provide individualized education to clients and significant others or caregivers about underlying pathology, the rationale for instructions, contraindications, side effects, and consequences of noncompliance, as appropriate to their level of understanding; document education according to professional, regulatory, and Health Center standards.
- Upon licensure, perform duties independently with little or no direct supervision and take responsibility for supervising clinical practice of assistant- or aide-level departmental staff.
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Job Type
Full-time
