CLIN SPEC-ST

Position Summary

Under general direction, plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for speech therapy patients. While maintaining a patient load, assumes additional responsibility of program development, staff training and orientation, and consultation in area of expertise for fellow staff members.

Responsibilities

• Advanced clinical practice – including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients.
  • Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
  • Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting.
  • Captors with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs and discharge planning.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
  • Serves as resource person for staff and senior staff on an ongoing basis.
  • Provides 8 hours education/mentorship time per year.
• Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes.
  • Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
• Meets established targets for:
  • Quality/outcome measures
  • Service/patient satisfaction measures
  • Financial/productivity measures
  • Growth/patients-per-day measures
• Demonstrates leadership including but not limited to:
  • Development and implementation of new and current programs.
  • Participates in training, orientation and supervision of support staff.
  • Participates in orientation of new licensed staff in area of specialty.
  • Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.
  • Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.
  • Aids in continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health.
• Completes partnering activities per established targets per month.
  • Physician office visits
  • Community lectures/volunteer
  • Case Manager visits/marketing
  • Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards.
  • Completes required education assignments annually.
  • Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
• Minimum Experience: Four (4) years of experience with a minimum of three (3) years in specialty area.
• Licensure Requirement: Must have and maintain Tennessee State Speech Pathology Licensure, with achievement of at least one (1) of the following at time of hire or placement in the position: Advanced degree in specialty area, Advanced degree associated with specialty area, Professionally recognized certification in specialty area.
• Continued Education: 100 hours (10 CEU’s) of continued education.