Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg-posted 9 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
Bethlehem, PA
Hospitals

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  • Performs evaluations of the speech language and the swallowing function to detect speech or voice disorders.
  • Evaluates cognition, expressive, and receptive language and written language, reading comprehension, speech intelligibility, oral motor structure, and voice.
  • Supports effective communication and collaboration with the physician oversight of speech pathology programs.
  • Completes supportive documentation and billing in accordance with departmental policies and regulatory compliance.
  • Administers, scores, and interprets specialized hearing and speech tests.
  • Delivers evidence-based speech therapy care appropriate to age/patient specific needs in a cost-effective manner.
  • Plans, directs, or conducts rehabilitative treatment programs to restore communicative efficiency of individuals with communication and/or swallowing or cognitive problems.
  • Assists the physician(s) with determining appropriate dietary feeding levels for patients with dysphagia or other special needs.
  • Assists in increasing intelligibility of speech, using alternative or augmentative devices to facilitate better communication.
  • Reviews the quality and appropriateness of the total services delivered and of individual speech-language pathology programs for effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Master's Degree Speech Language Pathology
  • Ability to organize multiple tasks and projects and maintain control of work flow.
  • Ability to identify patient specific speech rehabilitation learning needs.
  • Ability to travel to patient care assignments - Home Care
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support - State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire
  • SLP - Licensed Speech Language Pathologist - State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire
  • Doctorate Speech Language Pathology
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