Novato Healthcare Center
Speech Language Pathologist
Novato Healthcare Center, Burlingame, California, United States, 94012
Job Description To provide direct patient care and support activities which build and maintain the outstanding outcomes of the therapy department. Essential Job Functions
Provides treatment programs to maximize speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing abilities within each patient’s structural or functional limitations. Communicates with families, physicians and other interdisciplinary team members, documents services in the medical records. Contributes to professional development of self and others. Enhances interdisciplinary team through professional skills and knowledge. Demonstrates safe working practices. RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides patient treatments, which meet patient needs, and uses current treatment knowledge in accordance with facility clinical procedures. Performing accurate, comprehensive evaluations. Developing effective plan of treatment and obtaining appropriate approvals from referring physician. Utilizing appropriate evaluation tools and completing accurate evaluations. Communicating with supervisor and other health team members regarding patient progress, problems, and plans. Instructing patients’ families or nursing staff in specified follow through programs. Interviewing patients and families regarding previous level of functioning and life style and current and future expectations. Demonstrating knowledge of appropriate resources for problem-solving and clinical best practice. Evaluating patients within facility-specific time frame. Supervising Clinical Fellow and other SLPs in direct patient care and patient related activities. DOCUMENTATION
Writes accurate, complete, and clear documentation in accordance with regulatory, licensing, payer, and accrediting requirements. Recording Resident Needs Reviews, evaluations, daily treatment notes, progress notes, and discharge summaries in accordance with facility procedures. Recording treatment charges and insuring that documentation is consistent with billing data. Writing specific, objective documentation, which is outcome oriented and details the patient’s needs, potential to benefit from treatment, and progress achieved to date. INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Consistently demonstrates facility’s interdisciplinary approach to patient care. Integrating findings of other members of the interdisciplinary team in treatment assessment and recommendations. Integrating input from patient and family in treatment assessment and recommendations. Preparing for and providing meaningful contributions to the rehab team conferences, patient care conferences, utilization review meetings, family conferences, and caregiver training sessions. Collaborating with and informing facility staff in areas of patient progress. Communicating effectively with discharge planners. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Contributes to professional development of self and others. Utilizing continuing education assistance to achieve targeted quality improvements. Interacting with peer therapist at local acute hospitals and other environments, if appropriate. Presenting effectively at weekly rehab team conferences, facility in-services, and professional conferences. Maintaining current body of knowledge in areas of clinical expertise through seminars, professional journals, and peers. QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited SLP program. 2-3 years experience in a skilled nursing facility rehab environment or equivalent preferred. Speech-Language Pathologist Certificate of Clinical Competence. Current CPR certification, if required. California Speech-Language Pathology license or license candidate under state’s regulations. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Speech-Language Pathologist will spend approximately 60-80% of time stooping, and reaching while working with therapy patients. Must be able to perform CPR, if required. WORK DETAILS
Job Type: Part-time. Pay: $58.00 - $62.00 per hour. Benefits: Health insurance. Work Location: In person.
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Provides treatment programs to maximize speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing abilities within each patient’s structural or functional limitations. Communicates with families, physicians and other interdisciplinary team members, documents services in the medical records. Contributes to professional development of self and others. Enhances interdisciplinary team through professional skills and knowledge. Demonstrates safe working practices. RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides patient treatments, which meet patient needs, and uses current treatment knowledge in accordance with facility clinical procedures. Performing accurate, comprehensive evaluations. Developing effective plan of treatment and obtaining appropriate approvals from referring physician. Utilizing appropriate evaluation tools and completing accurate evaluations. Communicating with supervisor and other health team members regarding patient progress, problems, and plans. Instructing patients’ families or nursing staff in specified follow through programs. Interviewing patients and families regarding previous level of functioning and life style and current and future expectations. Demonstrating knowledge of appropriate resources for problem-solving and clinical best practice. Evaluating patients within facility-specific time frame. Supervising Clinical Fellow and other SLPs in direct patient care and patient related activities. DOCUMENTATION
Writes accurate, complete, and clear documentation in accordance with regulatory, licensing, payer, and accrediting requirements. Recording Resident Needs Reviews, evaluations, daily treatment notes, progress notes, and discharge summaries in accordance with facility procedures. Recording treatment charges and insuring that documentation is consistent with billing data. Writing specific, objective documentation, which is outcome oriented and details the patient’s needs, potential to benefit from treatment, and progress achieved to date. INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Consistently demonstrates facility’s interdisciplinary approach to patient care. Integrating findings of other members of the interdisciplinary team in treatment assessment and recommendations. Integrating input from patient and family in treatment assessment and recommendations. Preparing for and providing meaningful contributions to the rehab team conferences, patient care conferences, utilization review meetings, family conferences, and caregiver training sessions. Collaborating with and informing facility staff in areas of patient progress. Communicating effectively with discharge planners. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Contributes to professional development of self and others. Utilizing continuing education assistance to achieve targeted quality improvements. Interacting with peer therapist at local acute hospitals and other environments, if appropriate. Presenting effectively at weekly rehab team conferences, facility in-services, and professional conferences. Maintaining current body of knowledge in areas of clinical expertise through seminars, professional journals, and peers. QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited SLP program. 2-3 years experience in a skilled nursing facility rehab environment or equivalent preferred. Speech-Language Pathologist Certificate of Clinical Competence. Current CPR certification, if required. California Speech-Language Pathology license or license candidate under state’s regulations. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Speech-Language Pathologist will spend approximately 60-80% of time stooping, and reaching while working with therapy patients. Must be able to perform CPR, if required. WORK DETAILS
Job Type: Part-time. Pay: $58.00 - $62.00 per hour. Benefits: Health insurance. Work Location: In person.
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