Inpatient Speech Therapist - PRN

The inpatient Speech Therapist will assess, monitor, and treat patients for physical impairments, cognitive impairments, functional limitations and developmental delays.

Schedule: This position is primarily Saturday coverage but ideal candidate will have at least one weekday available for PTO coverages. One holiday a year is required.

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DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Patient Care

• Performs comprehensive evaluation of patients' communication, developmental and feeding needs; plans and implements appropriate therapy, ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff.
• Provides treatment that involves therapeutic use of work and play/leisure activities to address speech, language, fluency, voice, oral-motor, feeding and cognitive rehabilitation.
• Makes recommendations for patient equipment and assists in ordering; assists in ordering and maintenance of departmental equipment, toys and supplies; assists in maintenance of agency equipment and supplies.
• Assists in maintaining an environment that meets the physical, developmental, and psychosocial needs of the patients, including participation in child development activities.
• Assists with patient caregiving to ensure patient cleanliness, comfort and safety; protects patients and employees by adherence to infection control policies.

Training

• Provides hands-on training to caregivers and student interns.

Documentation/Communication

• Monitors patients’ progress and consults with Therapy Management regarding patient care, goals, interdepartmental and intradepartmental treatment facilitation.
• Provides oral and written communication of patient status, progress, and recommendations to other departments and within department to ensure continuity of patient care; provides communication to patient physician as needed.
• Provides timely documentation consisting of patient evaluations, contact notes, progress notes, goals and discharge summaries, and records all care provided.
• Participates in patient care conferences, in-service education and professional education sessions.

Other Responsibilities

• Provides hearing and speech-language screenings at area schools as requested.
• All other duties as assigned by the Therapy Management team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• The Speech‑Language Pathologist must have a Certificate of Clinical Competence or be completing a clinical fellowship under the supervision of a staff Speech Pathologist
• Be currently licensed in the State of Missouri as a Speech‑Language Pathologist
• Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR card from the American Heart Association
• Previous experience in a pediatric setting preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

These include stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, grasping, pulling, pushing, standing, carrying, and lifting of light loads (up to 35 lb.).