Speech Pathologist PD

Brown University Health Services • Providence, RI

102d • $35 - $58

About The Position

The Speech-Language Pathologist reports directly to the Clinical Manager and/or Assistant Clinical Manager (ACM) of their respective department and may receive clinical guidance from senior staff and/or clinical specialists. The Speech-Language Pathologist provides clinical services including screening, assessment, diagnosis, intervention, management, counseling/education, documentation, and referral for inpatients and outpatients demonstrating speech, voice, feeding, swallowing, language, and/or cognitive impairments. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another. In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include: Instill Trust and Value Differences, Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited institution.
• State License issued by the Rhode Island Department of Health, or Provisional Rhode Island State License for Clinical Fellows involved in supervised clinical fellowship year.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
• One to two years' experience or eligibility for provisional license from the State of Rhode Island.

Nice To Haves

• Membership and involvement in discipline specific professional organization and/or other clinically relevant organization is strongly encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the highest level of communication and professionalism with patients, caregivers, rehabilitation staff, providers, and other health care professionals.
• Exhibits effective and professional verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Communicates clearly, respectfully, and honestly with patients and/or caregivers, and colleagues.
• Communicates proactively with other caregivers involved in patients' care.
• Adjusts communication and response to the level of understanding of the listener.
• Evaluates speech, voice, language, feeding/swallowing, and/or cognitive impairments.
• Establishes diagnosis, prognosis, and individualized plans of care.
• Implements treatment intervention based on plan of care, considering precautions, indications, and contradictions.
• Directs and coordinates patients' rehabilitation plan of care.
• Evaluates patients' progress and revises goals and plan of care accordingly.
• Educates and trains patients/caregivers.
• Anticipates and communicates discharge/home needs and resources.
• Completes documentation and charges timely and accurately, in compliance with department policy.
• Completes clinical documentation reflecting eligibility/medical necessity of services in compliance with professional and regulatory standards.
• Consistently applies evidence-based practice to all aspects of clinical care.
• Seeks additional guidance when necessary to assure safe and effective patient care.
• Recommends and refers for additional diagnostic testing and/or services.
• Develops, selects, and prescribes multimodal augmentative and alternative communication systems.
• Selects, fits, and establishes effective use of appropriate prosthetic adaptive devices for communication and swallowing.
• Uses instrumental technology to diagnose and treat disorders of communication and swallowing.
• Services patients and their families/caregivers with hearing loss.
• Provides assessment and intervention for patients diagnosed with auditory processing disorders.
• Screens patients for hearing loss or middle ear pathology using conventional pure-tone air conduction methods.
• Modifies and/or enhances communication performance.

Benefits

• Pay Range: $35.20-$58.07
• EEO Statement: Brown University Health is an Equal Opportunity employer.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Master's degree