WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital
Team Leader Speech Therapy
WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital, Princeton, West Virginia, United States, 24740
Team Leader Speech Therapy
WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital
Location: Princeton, WV
Overview Leads speech therapy staff in evaluating and treating patients requiring speech-language-swallowing therapy.
Minimum Qualifications
Current Speech‑Language Pathologist licensure in the state where services will be provided:
• Maryland: Speech Language Pathologist License through Maryland Board of Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers and Speech Language Pathologists
• Ohio: Speech Pathologist License through Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board
• Pennsylvania: Speech Language Pathologist License through Pennsylvania Board of Examiners in Speech Language and Hearing
• West Virginia: Speech Language Pathologist License through the West Virginia Board of Speech‑Language Pathology & Audiology
Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC) through the American Speech‑Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date
Experience
Two (2) years of clinical experience
Core Job Duties and Responsibilities
Coordinates daily workflow, staff assignments and staffing schedules with designated leader.
Provides feedback on staff performance and input for evaluations.
Performs treatments according to the established plan, utilizing appropriate procedures, equipment and techniques within the scope of Speech Pathology.
Examines the patient/client through history, systems review and tests and measures upon referral from the referring provider; plans appropriate treatment based upon the referral and the evaluation; establishes goals, methods of treatment and the patient’s potential.
Participates with Director in interviewing and selecting staff; assists with department training and orientation.
Documents in the medical records according to established criteria, including initial evaluations, progress reports and discharge summaries.
Develops measurable and realistic goals that are in accordance with the diagnosis, prognosis and findings.
Educates the patients and/or caregivers about findings of the evaluations, established goals, methods of treatment and the patients and/or family members in home programs including injury preventions and the use of assistive devices, adaptive equipment, orthotics and prosthetics.
Helps staff troubleshoot problems pertaining to direct patient care – inpatient and outpatient.
Designs care plans based upon evaluation using appropriate treatment techniques, speech and language skills as they relate to age, educational, medical, social and psychological factors and current evaluation and treatment methodology.
Physical Requirements
The national Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommends minimizing the need for employees to manually lift patients, and limit safe patient handling to 35 pounds. All transfers, lifts and re‑positioning will be completed utilizing the lift equipment and/or other patient handling aids as indicated by the patient’s profile and appropriate algorithms.
Heavy/Hard work: Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying of materials and equipment weighing 40+ lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Working Environment
Exposure to communicable diseases, body fluids and different types of cleaning and laundry chemicals.
Skills and Abilities
Ability to organize and prioritize time and tasks to achieve a well-coordinated work effort and to effectively meet work schedules including an ability to integrate multiple factors which may have an impact on patient care.
Additional Job Information
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt
Shift: United States of America (Exempt)
Company: PCH Princeton Community Hospital
Cost Center: 214 PCH Speech Therapy
Address: 122 12th Street, Princeton, West Virginia
Equal Opportunity Employer West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.
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Location: Princeton, WV
Overview Leads speech therapy staff in evaluating and treating patients requiring speech-language-swallowing therapy.
Minimum Qualifications
Current Speech‑Language Pathologist licensure in the state where services will be provided:
• Maryland: Speech Language Pathologist License through Maryland Board of Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers and Speech Language Pathologists
• Ohio: Speech Pathologist License through Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board
• Pennsylvania: Speech Language Pathologist License through Pennsylvania Board of Examiners in Speech Language and Hearing
• West Virginia: Speech Language Pathologist License through the West Virginia Board of Speech‑Language Pathology & Audiology
Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC) through the American Speech‑Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date
Experience
Two (2) years of clinical experience
Core Job Duties and Responsibilities
Coordinates daily workflow, staff assignments and staffing schedules with designated leader.
Provides feedback on staff performance and input for evaluations.
Performs treatments according to the established plan, utilizing appropriate procedures, equipment and techniques within the scope of Speech Pathology.
Examines the patient/client through history, systems review and tests and measures upon referral from the referring provider; plans appropriate treatment based upon the referral and the evaluation; establishes goals, methods of treatment and the patient’s potential.
Participates with Director in interviewing and selecting staff; assists with department training and orientation.
Documents in the medical records according to established criteria, including initial evaluations, progress reports and discharge summaries.
Develops measurable and realistic goals that are in accordance with the diagnosis, prognosis and findings.
Educates the patients and/or caregivers about findings of the evaluations, established goals, methods of treatment and the patients and/or family members in home programs including injury preventions and the use of assistive devices, adaptive equipment, orthotics and prosthetics.
Helps staff troubleshoot problems pertaining to direct patient care – inpatient and outpatient.
Designs care plans based upon evaluation using appropriate treatment techniques, speech and language skills as they relate to age, educational, medical, social and psychological factors and current evaluation and treatment methodology.
Physical Requirements
The national Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommends minimizing the need for employees to manually lift patients, and limit safe patient handling to 35 pounds. All transfers, lifts and re‑positioning will be completed utilizing the lift equipment and/or other patient handling aids as indicated by the patient’s profile and appropriate algorithms.
Heavy/Hard work: Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying of materials and equipment weighing 40+ lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Working Environment
Exposure to communicable diseases, body fluids and different types of cleaning and laundry chemicals.
Skills and Abilities
Ability to organize and prioritize time and tasks to achieve a well-coordinated work effort and to effectively meet work schedules including an ability to integrate multiple factors which may have an impact on patient care.
Additional Job Information
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt
Shift: United States of America (Exempt)
Company: PCH Princeton Community Hospital
Cost Center: 214 PCH Speech Therapy
Address: 122 12th Street, Princeton, West Virginia
Equal Opportunity Employer West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively "WVUHS") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.
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