Speech Language Pathologist

About the role

Plan and administer medically prescribed treatment programs for residents/patients in an effort to restore functional communication, swallowing, and cognition.

Requirements

• Successful completion of a Master’s or Doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Communication disorders from an accredited college/university.
• Hold a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) as awarded by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA).
• Be licensed in the State of Wisconsin.
• Good health status.
• Ability to read and write English and communicate oral and written instructions.
• Adheres to safety policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and evaluates physician’s referrals and patient medical records to determine speech language therapy treatment.
• Performs appropriate tests, measurements, and assessments for the purpose of developing, monitoring, and adjusting the individual treatment plan.
• Performs appropriate therapeutic treatments according to patient needs, goals, plans, and standards of practice of the profession.
• Adheres to departmental policies and procedures regarding documentation, personal work schedule, and patient treatment scheduling, communication guidelines with other departments.
• Implements appropriate departmental policies to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, professional standards, and funding source requirements.
• Participates in interdisciplinary conferences, family conferences, and departmental meetings.
• Confers with physicians and other health professionals as appropriate for the patient plan of care.
• Participates with facility quality assurance programs as necessary.
• Provides in-services and training to families, staff, as appropriate.

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Able to perform gross body coordination such as walking, standing, stooping, squatting, reaching at or above waist height.
• Able to walk, stand, squat, bend, sit for prolonged periods.
• Able to perform manipulative skills such as performing swallowing treatments, adjusting clothing, and performing patient evaluations, writing and collating.
• Able to hear normal sounds within some background noise such as in answering phones.
• Able to hear abnormal sounds within some background noise such as patient requests or conversation, or breath sounds without a stethoscope.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, or transfer a person weighing greater than 100 lbs.
• Able to see adequately to work equipment properly, assess patient progress with therapeutic intervention and health status.
• Have a sense of touch necessary to perform therapeutic treatments, assess patient progress with therapeutic intervention and health status.
• Ability to concentrate on moderate and fine detail with little, some, and constant interruption.
• Ability to integrate clinical information and translate into a speech-language therapy treatment plan.
• Ability to synthesize inputs from multiple models and sources to develop/implement a speech-language therapy treatment plan.
• Ability to formulate and implement complex changes in a time-bounded fashion in concert with multiple departments with varying agendas.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid-time off
• 403(b) retirement plan