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Inpatient Speech Pathologist – PRN, Float Pool
HonorHealth. Identify, evaluate, and treat speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, fluency, and related disorders .
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Identify, evaluate, and treat speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, fluency, and related disorders
- Develop and update individualized plans of care with patients and family members
- Implement skilled, evidence-based therapy techniques and measurable functional treatment goals
- Provide instruction on therapeutic procedures, exercises, activities, and routine care to patients, families, and staff
- Evaluate patients under physician direction and establish diagnoses and comprehensive treatment plans
- Perform objective measurements appropriate to the setting, including modified barium swallow studies and fiber-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
- Maintain current patient medical-record documentation, treatment notes, plans, progress reports, discharge summaries, and charges
- Complete billing and billing sheets within department timeframes
- Confer with interdisciplinary and medical teams regarding treatment plans, patient status, needs, and discharge planning
- Provide feedback on discharge needs, recommended level of care, and equipment needs
- Participate in interdisciplinary rounds, staff meetings, in-services, utilization review programs, committees, and mentor or preceptor programs
- Identify department needs and process improvements
- Support recruitment and retention through positive role-modeling and peer relationships
- Act as a therapy resource for assistive personnel and staff from other departments
Requirements
What you’ll need- Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited university approved by ASHA, required prior to starting employment
- Current Arizona license to practice Speech-Language Pathology with Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from ASHA, required
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification prior to starting employment, required
- Clinical Fellows may have a current temporary Arizona license in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the Arizona Department of Health Services, required
- Must be willing to work at a minimum of 3 medical centers
- Must be ASHA certified
- Experience in inpatient acute care settings
- Six months of recent Network Float experience preferred
- Six months of experience preferred
- Ability to perform modified barium swallow studies and fiber-optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
- Ability to maintain accurate medical-record documentation, billing records, treatment plans, progress reports, and discharge summaries
- Ability to collaborate with physicians, interdisciplinary teams, patients, families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals
- Compliance with ASHA requirements when supervising a clinical fellow
Benefits
Comp & perks- PRN employment schedule
- Day shift schedule
- Rotating holidays and weekends
- Career development opportunities
- Staff/student preceptor and mentor programs
- In-services and professional development opportunities
- Participation in committees and staff meetings