Speech Therapist

Speech Therapist at Northern Counties Health Care in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, United States Job Description

Job Summary:

The Speech Therapist is responsible for implementation of standards of care for speech-language pathology services and for adherence to all conditions in the Service Agreement.

Essential Job FunctionsResponsibilities:

• Conducts appropriate evaluations, assesses home environment (as appropriate), and identifies equipment needs relative to speechlanguage function.
• Identifies functional speech defects and establishes a plan of care to improve patient's function.
• Administers speech therapy program utilizing specialized therapeutic technique andor equipment.
• Recommends communication devicesaids as indicated.
• Confers with referring physician and other organization personnel to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care contributes to the total plan of care.
• As appropriate, participates in case conferences, in-services and other meetings required to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care.
• Prepares and submits documentation per organization policy.
• Maintains clinical competency in speech-language pathology practice and theory.
• Identifies patient and familycaregiver needs for other services and refers as appropriate.
• Instructs patient, familycaregiver and other Organization health care personnel in the patient's treatment regime as indicated.
• May supervise home health aide in procedures directly related to the speech-language therapy plan of care.
• Performs other duties as required to facilitate the delivery of speech-language pathology services.

The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description. and