Speech Pathologist (Per Diem)
About The Position
The Speech Pathologist administers diagnostic testing to assess patients’ impairments and prognosis, identifies patient problems, and develops measurable treatment goals and individualized plans incorporating patient and family input. The role provides and adapts treatment, reevaluates patients, and adjusts care based on progress. It documents patient care and education, communicates with medical and allied health personnel about progress, needs, and discharge planning, and participates in quality improvement, program evaluation, environmental and infection control activities. The Speech Pathologist may train new personnel, guide PTAs, aides, and affiliating students, participate in professional development and in-service education, attend required meetings, and perform other related duties. The position is expected to provide service in keeping with Falmouth Hospital’s CARES commitment: compassion, accountability, respect, excellence, and service.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Speech Pathology.
- Certificate of Clinical Competence awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- Licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Adhere to the Professional Code of Ethics of the ASHA.
- Maintain current CPR certification.
- Demonstrate current clinical competency.
- Good interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts including probability, statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
- Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to apply logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
- Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism, including formulas, scientific equations, graphs, and musical notes, in its most difficult phases, and to work with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
Nice To Haves
- One to two years of experience with swallowing disorders preferred.
Responsibilities
- Administer diagnostic testing procedures to determine the extent of patient impairments and prognosis for improvement; identify pertinent patient problems.
- Set objective, measurable treatment goals that incorporate the patient’s functional outcome goals and establish treatment plans based on patient needs and family input.
- Perform treatment procedures, adapt techniques to patient needs, reevaluate patients, and modify treatment plans and procedures based on patient progress.
- Document patient care objectively and analytically, including patient and family education and units of service.
- Communicate with medical and allied health personnel regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning.
- Participate in quality improvement, program evaluation, environmental, and infection control programs.
- Train new personnel as required and assist the Manager with on-the-job training.
- Provide guidance and direction to PTAs, aides, and affiliating students.
- Support professional growth through approved educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops; participate in appropriate in-service educational programs.
- Attend meetings as required.
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
- Provide service excellence to patients, family members, visitors, volunteers, and co-workers consistent with Falmouth Hospital’s CARES commitment.
