SPEECH PATHOLOGIST – HOME CARE | UM HEALTH-SPARROW

Job Description

General Purpose of Job:

Evaluate patients, plan treatment programs and provide speech therapy interventions in order to maximize the value, potential, and satisfaction of our customers.

Essential Duties:

This job description is intended to cover the minimum essential duties assigned on a regular basis. Caregivers may be asked to perform additional duties as assigned by their leader. Leadership has the right to alter or modify the duties of the position.

• Perform speech therapy patient evaluations.
• Communicate with patient’s physician to determine plan of care and patient centered goals.
• Communicate the treatment plan, treatment goals, and progress toward goals to the patient and/or caregivers.
• Provide speech therapy interventions according to the established plan.
• Instruct patients and/or caregivers in home programs.
• Perform medical record documentation according to established criteria.
• Communicate with other health care professionals, including patient referral sources, both verbally and in writing, according to established criteria.
• Delegate and work with other Home Care Caregivers, various outpatient care facilities and interns according to established criteria.
• Supervise the interventions provided by Rehab Aides, students, and interns.
• Re-evaluate patients, modify treatment programs and patient centered goals as needed, and make recommendations to the physician as needed prior to the discharge.
• Provide a discharge evaluation and summary of care to the physician and instructions to the patient.
• Cooperate with support staff and other health system departments in order to maximize the efficiency of non-clinical services such as the registering, scheduling, and billing of our patients.
• Seek ways to continually improve the value of our services and maximize our customers’ rehabilitation potential by actively participating in activities such as inservices, staff meetings, team meetings, continuing education courses, and patient conferences.
• Maximize customer satisfaction by treating our customers with respect and responding to their needs in a prompt, friendly, and courteous manner.

Job Requirements

General Requirements	* Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech & Hearing Association * State of Michigan Speech Language Pathologist License * BLS Certification issued by the American Heart Association upon hire * Valid Driver’s License and Automobile Insurance
Work experience	* Minimum of one year of work experience as a Speech Language Pathologist
Education	* Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology OR Communicative Sciences and Disorders.
Specialized Knowledge and Skills	* Basic clinical skills providing speech/language pathology services. * Effective written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills. * Ability to perform multiple tasks and adapt to changing work situations. * Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care based on physical, psycho/social, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients serviced in her/his assigned service area as related to the principle duties and responsibilities of the position. The skills and knowledge needed to provide such care may be gained through education, training and experience. * Ability to use a computer effectively including proficient keyboarding skills. * Previous Home Care experience. * Experience with Vital Stim . * Experience with FEES. * Experience with voice disorders * Experience with videofluoroscopic studies.