CLIN SPEC-ST

About the role

Parkwest Medical Center, Covenant Health’s flagship facility in West Knoxville, combines world-class cardiac expertise with the warmth of home in serving a vibrant East Tennessee community. Since 1973, Parkwest has grown into the region’s largest hospital in the area, offering advanced services like an all-digital catheterization lab, comprehensive breast health, emergency, and critical care. It’s consistently ranked among Tennessee's top 10 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and earns national recognition as a Top 100 Heart Hospital, as well as an “A” safety grade from Leapfrog. As part of Covenant Health, the region’s largest employer, Parkwest Medical Center marries cutting-edge technology with compassionate, community-centered care, earning accolades for cardiology, stroke, surgical excellence, and patient safety. To learn more about Parkwest Medical Center and our units, visit Covenant Health Parkwest Medical Center Opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for speech therapy patients.
• Maintains patient load and assumes additional responsibility for program development, staff training and orientation, and consultation in area of expertise for fellow staff members.
• Performs advanced clinical practice including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients.
• Conducts patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals per patient needs and evidence‑based practice.
• Involves patient and family in treatment, education, and goal setting.
• Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient progress, needs, and discharge planning.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competency, providing age‑specific care for the population served.
• Serves as a resource person for staff and senior staff on an ongoing basis.
• Provides 8 hours of education/mentorship time per year, including peer counseling/mentorship, community lectures/volunteer work, orientation of new staff in specialty, in‑services/case studies, lunch and learns, development/implementation/evaluation of standards of care and evidence‑based practice, evidence‑based practice protocols, clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team, new policy development, QI/QA.
• Maintains and updates patient documentation per 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: 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 specialty; acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available; participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment; assists with 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, in‑services).
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