PRN Speech Pathologist

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Job Objective:  Plan and administer medically prescribed treatment programs for residents/patients in an effort to restore functional communication, swallowing, and cognition.

Job Standards

  1. Successful completion of a Master’s or Doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Communication disorders from an accredited college/university.
  2. Hold a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) as awarded by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
  3. Be licensed in the State of Wisconsin.
  4. Good health status.
  5. Ability to read and write English and communicate oral and written instructions.
  6. Adheres to safety policies and procedures

 

Essential Job Functions

  1. Adheres to the philosophy, policies and procedures of Cedar Crest, Inc.
  2. Understands and supports the Resident Bill of Rights.
  3. Adheres to safety policies and procedures.
  4. Reviews and evaluates physician’s referrals and patient medical records to determine speech language therapy treatment.
  5. Performs appropriate tests, measurements, and assessments for the purpose of developing, monitoring, and adjusting the individual treatment plan.
  6. Performs appropriate therapeutic treatments according to patient needs, goals, plans, and standards of practice of the profession.
  7. Adheres to departmental policies and procedures regarding documentation, personal work schedule, and patient treatment scheduling, communication guidelines with other departments, et. al.
  8. Implements appropriate departmental policies to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, professional standards, and funding source requirements.
  9. Participates in interdisciplinary conferences, family conferences, and departmental meetings.
  10. Confers with physicians and other health professionals as appropriate for the patient plan of care.
  11. Participates with facility quality assurance programs as necessary.
  12. Provides in-services and training to families, staff, as appropriate

 

Physical and Mental Requirements

  1. Able to perform gross body coordination such as walking, standing. stooping, squatting, reaching at or above waist height, etc.
  2. Able to walk, stand, squat, bend, sit for prolonged periods
  3. Able to perform manipulative skills such as performing swallowing treatments adjusting, clothing, and performing patient evaluations, writing and collating, etc.
  4. Able to hear normal sounds within some background noise such as in answering phones, etc.
  5. Able to hear abnormal sounds within some background noise such as patient requests or conversation, or breath sounds without a stethoscope.
  6. Ability to lift, push, pull, transfer a person weighing greater than 100#
  7. Able to see adequately to work equipment properly, assess patient progress with therapeutic intervention and health status.
  8. Have a sense of touch necessary to perform therapeutic treatments, assess patient progress with therapeutic intervention and health status.
  9. Able to concentrate on moderate and fine detail with little, some, and constant interruption.
  10. Ability to integrate clinical information and translate into a speech-language therapy treatment plan.
  11. Ability to synthesize inputs from multiple models and sources to development/implement a speech language therapy treatment plan
  12. Ability to formulate and implement complex changes in a time bounded fashion in concert with multiple departments with varying agendas.
Please note: Arrest and/or conviction record will only be considered if substantially related to the circumstances of the position.
Please note: Arrest and/or conviction record will only be considered if substantially related to the circumstances of the position.

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