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SLS Saint Luke's South Hospital, Inc.

Speech Pathologist

Job Description

Job Description​ Saint Luke's South Hospital is seeking a full-time Speech Pathologist to join our team! Provides prevention, screening, evaluation, diagnosis, management and counseling services to clients with speech/ language, cognitive-communication and /or oral-pharyngeal sensorimotor impairments. Plans directs and conducts habilitative, rehabilitative and counseling programs to treat impairments involving verbal and written language.
Full-time:
Monday
  • Friday, 8 a.m.
  • 4:00 p.
m. Some weekends required. Evaluates patients after impairment, injury, or disease. Creates an individualized patient-centered treatment plan based on evidenced based practice and selects appropriate interventions based upon evaluation and assessment of patient. Re-evaluates and provides periodic reassessment of patient progress and contributes to discharge planning. Supervises treatment provided by students and assistants. Participates and makes recommendations for client care interventions to the interdisciplinary health care team. Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided. Provides timely documentation per department and/or entity policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan. Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, patients, and others at all times. Performs all other duties as requested by manager. Participates in quality initiatives
Job Requirements Applicable Experience:
2 years Basic Life Support
  • American Heart Association or Red Cross, Cert Clinical Competence-Speech/Lang
  • American Speech Language Hearing Association, Speech Pathology
  • Various Bachelor's Degree Job Details Full Time Day (United States of America)

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What they do

A Speech Language Pathologist diagnoses and treats speech, language, and swallowing disorders in patients with a variety of conditions. Helps patients improve their ability to make sounds or use language, or develop non-spoken means of communication. May specialize in working with patients of a certain age group, or treat speech problems resulting from a condition such as a stroke or cleft palate. Works in schools, hospitals and other healthcare facilities and works closely with physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other therapists.

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