Speech Language Pathologist - Acute Care

Overview

Your greatest reward is helping patients communicate and thrive in the life they love. As a Speech Language Therapist, you will assess, plan, and implement personalized treatment programs designed to achieve the best possible outcomes. If you share this passion and enjoy collaborating within a multidisciplinary team, we invite you to explore this rewarding opportunity.

Responsibilities

EVALUATION AND TREATMENT PLANNING

• Consistently identifies patients’ subjective and objective limitations.

• Incorporates age and disability appropriate assessment tools and procedures.

• Develops specific, effective, and individualized therapeutic programs with measurable long and short-term goals, including projected timeframes for achievement.

• Maximizes patient and caregiver participation in goal-setting and discharge planning.

• Coordinates treatment plans with interdisciplinary team members.

TREATMENT IMPLEMENTATION

• Utilizes age-appropriate treatment skills aligned with level of experience.

• Performs modalities and procedures in compliance with established professional standards.

• Applies a variety of techniques tailored to each patient’s unique needs.

• Ensures treatment progression aligns with established goals.

• Demonstrates clinical reasoning and judgment to support the treatment plan.

• Regularly updates and revises treatment plans to address new problems, changes in patient status, or functional limitations.

• Actively involves patients and caregivers in treatment to promote functional outcomes.

• Provides education and opportunities for functional carryover through home exercise programs.

DOCUMENTATION

• Produces legible, accurate, timely, and concise documentation including medical records, letters to physicians, communication with payors/vendors, daily flow sheets, and progress notes.

PATIENT/FAMILY EDUCATION

• Tailors education to meet the age and educational level of patients and families.

• Recognizes and respects patient and family belief systems.

• Designs educational programs that align with realistic patient and family goals.

• Provides written and verbal home education materials to patients and caregivers.

Qualifications

Education:

• As required by licensure.

Skill Requirements:

• Knowledge of medical and neurological terminology and behavioral management techniques.
• Exceptional verbal and written skills.
• Demonstrates competency, as appropriate to the ages of patients served, in the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs; a knowledge of normal growth and development; and an understanding of the range of treatment needed by these patients.
• Must have excellent organizational skills to facilitate program development.
• Computer skills.

Licensure

• Current applicable state license as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) required.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from American Speech and Hearing Association required or in the process of obtaining through their Clinical Fellowship Year. Certificate of Clinical Competence only required upon initial hire in the Legacy System or demonstrate evidence of past Certificate of Clinical Competence.
• BLS for Providers certification from the American Heart Association required.

Pay Range

Our Commitment to Health and Equal Opportunity

Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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