Speech Language Pathologist II

Pay Range

What Youll Need:

• Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology
• Current license in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the American Speech Language and Hearing Association
• Current Certification from American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers CPR and AED.

What Youll Need:

• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills interpersonal relationships and team building.
• Follows hospital policies and procedures.
• Follows departmental policies and procedures.
• Contributes to the overall quality of services.
• Assumes responsibility for keeping informed about changes in policies and procedures.
• Performs comprehensive professional evaluations of patients of all assigned ages referred for differential diagnosis of communicative cognitive-linguistic feeding and/or swallowing disorders.
• Satisfactorily completes and maintains all initial and ongoing clinical competency requirements for patient groups and areas served.
• Appropriately selects administers and interprets diagnostic tools with consideration of patient developmental level current status premorbid function and reason for referral and in accordance to WFBH protocols and procedures.
• Including but not limited to Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) Modified Barium Swallow Evaluations (MBS) Passy-Muir Valve (PMV) evaluations and knowledge of multiple standardized and non-standardized assessments of communication and cognitive-linguistics.
• Pending primary work areas includes alaryngeal speech evaluations
• Documents diagnostic findings recommendations and charging in the patients medical record on the same day as evaluation.
• Documents admission Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility- Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) ratings and goals as required (IP rehab staff).
• Notifies referral source promptly of results and consults with them and other staff as necessary to facilitate best care and outcomes.
• Follows institution guidelines for appropriate cleaning of tools utilized as needed.
• Ensures patient and/or caregiver education regarding communicative cognitive-linguistic feeding and/or swallowing disorders and relevant treatment options.
• Provides appropriate written and/or verbal counseling and education to patient and caregivers relative to recommendations treatment options and therapy carryover.
• Participates in patient and family conferences as required.
• Documents education sessions in patients medical record on the same day as provision.
• Plans and conducts treatment programs for patients with communicative cognitive-linguistic feeding and/or swallowing disorders
• Satisfactorily completes and maintains all initial and ongoing clinical competency requirements for patient groups and areas served.
• Develops and implements individualized functional and measurable treatment goals appropriate to evaluation findings and set goals.
• As appropriate includes but is not limited to therapy utilizing Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation NMES (IP rehab staff)
• Incorporates patient and caregivers in treatment goal planning.
• Modifies therapy strategies and provides periodic re-evaluation to determine and ensure effectiveness of treatment and to update treatment goals.
• Coordinates management recommendations with outside resources that will be participating in continuing care upon patient discharge from inpatient.
• When appropriate terminates formal treatment in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Documents therapeutic progress and evolving plans and recommendations in the patients medical record utilizing objective data and submitting documentation on the same day as therapy provision.
• Documents ongoing and discharge Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility- Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) ratings and goals as required (IP rehab staff).
• Consults with medical team and other staff as necessary to facilitate best care and outcomes.
• Serves as speech pathology consultant to educational medical and other professional services
• Attends regular patient care rounds within primary area of practice
• Participates regularly within multidisciplinary teams.
• Interacts with other outside agencies as appropriate (for example Vocational Rehabilitation Assistive Technology).
• Provides and participates in in-service education and training of speech pathology interns and fellows medical students/residents and allied medical personnel
• Prepares and presents formal lectures to hospital staff on communication cognitive-linguistics feeding and/or swallowing.
• Provides unique training for speech-pathology graduate interns clinical fellows and/or new team members within the department.
• Continuously seeks to maintain or improve patient care services and evaluates opportunities to develop new services
• Efficiently coordinates and triages patient caseloads to ensure that all patient needs are met as quickly as possible with minimized delays in diagnosis or therapeutic intervention.
• Demonstrates flexibility in meeting patient/family and department/facility needs.
• Achieves and maintains required inpatient rehabilitation facility education (IP rehab).
• Identifies problems contributes viable solutions and readily adapts to change.
• Independently pursues knowledge and research relevant to areas of practice and participates in in-service education programs to ensure proficiency in current techniques for the evaluation and treatment of all potential patients.
• Recommends new services and/or techniques to the inpatient Speech Pathology manager.
• Participates in peer review process.
• Evaluates options for augmentative/alternative communication and recommends and/or fits appropriate devices or prostheses to meet patient needs as applicable
• Consults with Assistive Technology as needed.
• Performs appropriate evaluation services to assess augmentative/alternative communication options or vocal prostheses.
• Instructs patient and family in the use of such devices; providing short-term therapy services with the device if needed.
• Monitors performance with fitted device.
• Provides re-evaluation services as necessary to change or upgrade devices.
• Ensures age/development appropriate patient care is provided in accordance with Age-Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
• Satisfactorily completes and maintains all initial and ongoing clinical competency requirements for patient groups and areas served.
• Achieves and maintains required inpatient rehabilitation facility education specific to age (IP rehab)
• Demonstrates knowledge of physical motor/sensory psychosocial safety and developmental factors in the Age-Specific Care Guidelines.
• Utilizes communication skills in obtaining information providing education and conveying patient needs sensitive to age and developmental level of the individual patient/caregiver.
• Adequate performance on financial/budget and inpatient care expectations
• Meets or exceeds productivity target consistently each year.
• Maintains expected coverage on severe weather days assigned weekends and assigned holidays.
• Follows departmental guidelines for use of Benefit Time Off (BTO).
• Keeps Speech Pathology scheduler aware of availability and needs for assistance meeting patient care requirements (IP rehab).
• Consistently and appropriately hands off patient care information and pager coverage upon expected and unexpected absences
• Consistently and appropriately bills for services provided.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Able to possess a strong clinical interest and maintain versatility creativity and adaptability
• Effective time management
• Minimum of Meets Standards on all clinical HR and institutional competencies or standards
• Ability to cross-cover other inpatient Speech Pathology areas or patient types upon requested need and with limited notice
• Responds promptly to communication (e.g. e-mail phone calls pages)
• Maintains professional and effective interactions with management and staff

Our CommitmenttoYou:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs competitive compensation generous retirement offerings programs that invest in your career development and so much more so you can live fully at and away from work including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications skills relevant experience and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift on call and more based on a teammates job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical dental vision life andShort- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program