PRN Speech Pathologist- Post Acute Brain Injury

Shepherd Center • Atlanta, GA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Shepherd Center is a renowned rehabilitation facility with over 50 years of experience, specializing in complex conditions like spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. It is recognized as one of the nation's top hospitals for rehabilitation by U.S. News and is a designated Model Systems for Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury. Shepherd Center is unique in having an on-site intensive care unit, enabling earlier intervention for the most complex patients. The center fosters a culture of hope, humor, and hard work, offering career growth, strong relationships, leadership support, and engaging activities that retain staff long-term. The speech-language pathologist role focuses on treating patients with cognitive-communication and/or dysphagia impairments, ranging from adolescents to geriatrics. This position involves collaboration within an intra-disciplinary team to provide services in cognitive, language, dysphagia, and Augmentative Alternative Communication. The goal is to facilitate patient rehabilitation and recovery, alongside educating and training care partners.

Requirements

• Master's or Doctoral degree from an accredited program in speech-language pathology.
• Licensed to practice in the state of Georgia.
• Current certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association or eligible for completion of Clinical Fellowship leading to ASHA certification.
• BLS Certification.
• Basic computer skills.
• Effective time management skills.
• Knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for speech, language, cognitive, swallowing impairments.
• Able to design a plan of caregiver that is patient centered with ability to address functional needs based upon the patient and caregiver environment of care.
• Successful completion of identified core competencies pertinent to specific treatment setting as it relates to age specific patient needs (i.e. adolescent, adult and geriatric)
• Demonstrates competency in time management, organization, planning to manage and maintain the demands of patient care caseload and all corresponding job responsibilities.
• Takes initiative for personal and clinical growth via opportunities for continuing education and maintaining licensure and certification.
• Communicates effectively using timely verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
• Collaborates with the organizational support structure (ST Therapy Manager, Program manager and/or director) in adapting to the changing work demands and environment.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure or experience with diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurological impairments.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates patient’s speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing abilities and develops a Plan Of Care that is individualized towards the patient’s cognitive-linguistic and/or swallowing capabilities to maximize their functional independence and safety.
• Completes appropriate diagnostic assessments via standardized and non-standardized means to create an individualized and patient centered plan of care.
• Plans and delivers education and training so that the patient and/or caregiver understand the patients current cognitive-linguistic and /or swallowing capabilities and how these clinical recommendations can impact the patient’s environmental and safety needs.
• Integrates comprehensive diagnostic information to differentiate between motor speech, cognitive-communication, language, voice and dysphagia disorders.
• Makes recommendations for specialty services or consultations as needed.
• Uses evaluation and treatment findings to determine appropriate discharge planning needs.
• Effectively participates in intra-departmental staff meetings, and intra-departmental discipline/program committee assignments.
• Will participate in education programs by teaching and/or supervising students.
• Participates in research projects as warranted by departmental and/or organizational needs.
• Completes all required Speech Therapy documentation in accordance with the polices and expectations of Shepherd Center.
• Performance is consistent with Shepherd Center standards, clinical policies, and adheres to State of Georgia licensure and ASHA Certification guidelines.
• Adheres to Professional behaviors and expectations.
• Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with Center and departmental policies and procedures. Responsible for the reporting of employee/patient/visitor injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to the supervisor and in the occurrence notification system.
• Actively participates in center-wide initiatives that affect speech therapy practice and delivery.
• Effectively Collaborates with team members, other colleagues and community stake holders.
• May float to inpatient or post-acute programs to provide patient evaluation or treatment sessions as needed.
• Performs other duties as required/requested.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level