Job Description​

Provides prevention, screening, evaluation, diagnosis, management and counseling services to clients with speech/ language, cognitive-communication and /or oral-pharyngeal sensorimotor impairments. Plans directs and conducts habilitative, rehabilitative and counseling programs to treat impairments involving verbal and written language.

• Evaluates patients after impairment, injury, or disease.  

• Creates an individualized patient-centered treatment plan based on evidenced based practice and selects appropriate interventions based upon evaluation and assessment of patient.  

• Re-evaluates and provides periodic reassessment of patient progress and contributes to discharge planning.  

• May supervise treatment provided by students and assistants.  

• Participates and makes recommendations for client care interventions to the interdisciplinary health care team.  

• Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided.  

• Provides timely documentation per department and/or entity policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan. 

• Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, patients, and others at all times. 

• Performs all other duties as requested by manager.   

• Participates in quality initiatives  

• Meets system and departmental shift requirements 

Location:

Candidate must be flexible to work at Saint Luke's North Hospital & Saint Luke's North - Smithville.

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

Less than 1 year

Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Speech Language Pathologist (MO) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration, Speech Pathology - Various

Bachelor's Degree

Job Details

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