Speech Therapist (Outpatient Pediatrics)
About The Position
Speech Therapist (Outpatient Pediatrics) Employee Type: Regular Work Shift: Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America) Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health! Speech Therapist Outpatient Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day. A Brief Overview Responsible for providing a full range of therapeutic services including assessment, treatment planning and therapeutic interventions in an interdisciplinary environment consistent with the position's qualification, professional practices, and ethical standards. The speech therapist shall also demonstrate accountability for the contribution to program development, quality improvement, problem solving, and productivity enhancement in a flexible interdisciplinary fashion. Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) both identify and treat communication problems related to language and speech, as well as various swallowing issues. Working with patients of all ages, Speech Language Pathologists seek to improve communication skills through vocal exercises and cognitive therapies and work on swallowing deficits through various interventions. The employee will complete other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Master's Degree
- Ability to utilize therapy equipment in an outpatient rehabilitation setting to provide treatment and procedures
- Punctual and dependent for assigned/confirmed shifts
- Ability to respect cultural and religious practices of patients
- Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Required
- Basic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association within 30 Days Required
- Certificate of Clinical Competence - American Speech-Language-Hearing Association within 2 Years Required
- Light-Medium Physical Demand
Responsibilities
- Review physician's referral (prescription), patient's condition, medical history, and submitted medical records to determine speech therapy treatment
- Evaluate patients' speech and or swallowing through various standardized tests and clinical observations and evaluation and records findings to develop treatment programs
- Develop a treatment plan for patients with specific goals and tasks
- Plan and prepare written treatment program based on evaluation of patient and incorporate proper interventions that can help patients’ speech and or swallow deficits
- Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjusts treatments to achieve maximum benefit
- Record treatment, responses, and progress in the patient’s electronic medical record and prepare reports as indicated by licensure, the provider, and or insurance recommendations
- Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home
- Complete documentation per clinical / department guidelines and meets expectations of monthly department chart audits
- Promote/educate Organizations Rehabilitation programs to referring physicians, healthcare providers, and or co-workers by performing in-services and/or marketing activities.
- Reduce cancel/no-show rates to improve quality of care and patient outcomes
- Achieve the established average monthly patient care productivity metric
- Complete required orientation as directed by facility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
