Speech Language Pathologist II

Department: 38954 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center - Speech Pathology: Acute Care/Inpatient

Status: Full time

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Hours Per Week

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information

Schedule is M-F 40 hours with 2 weekend days per month; coverage in acute care, IPR in Winston-Salem and Davie Medical Center as needed; CCC-SLP only

Pay Range

$38.20 - $57.30

What You'll Need

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 You'll Do

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 patient’s 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 patient’s 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 patient’s 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.

Our Commitment to You

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 teammate's 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, and Short- 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

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e. g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

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