Speech Pathologist

Banner Health•Mesa, AZ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Speech Pathologist provides screening, evaluation, and rehabilitation services for patients with speech and language disorders related to speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, and fluency. The role plans and carries out specialized treatment programs, documents treatment, and maintains patient-care data, providing age-appropriate treatment. At Banner Baywood Medical Center, the position serves patients across hospital areas including Med-Surg, Orthopedics, Neurology, ICU/CCU, CVICU, PCU, the Emergency Department, and Observation. The schedule consists of four 10-hour shifts, Tuesday through Friday, with one Saturday weekend requirement.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited university program.
Current licensure in the state of practice.
Certificate of Clinical Competence or documented acceptance in Clinical Fellowship Year.
BLS certification.
Ability to work collaboratively with physicians and other healthcare providers.
Strong interpersonal communication and human relations skills.
Ability to become proficient with computer software applications commonly used in an automated patient care environment.

Nice To Haves

Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Evaluate patients’ functional abilities and limitations to determine appropriate interventions, and develop plans of care and treatment goals as ordered by a physician or other referral source.
Implement individualized treatment plans that account for patients’ physical, social, spiritual, cultural, educational, and age-specific needs, and are supported by standard practices or current literature.
Re-evaluate treatment plans as needed to maximize patient benefit.
Educate patients, families, and other care providers to promote patient participation and therapeutic goals; provide individualized home programs with clear instructions.
Document patient treatment according to professional and regulatory standards.
Participate in training other staff and students.
Follow plans of care and established procedures within scope of practice, make independent judgments based on specialized knowledge, and confer with a supervisor about unusual situations.