Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP) - Acute Care PRN

About the Role

Vanderbilt Health operates eight hospitals and over 180 clinics as the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system, with a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South. The organization’s mission is to move medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research, fostering a spirit of collaboration where expertise is valued, knowledge is expanded, and uniqueness is celebrated.

This PRN Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP) position at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital supports the Adult Acute Care Rehabilitation team. The role involves evaluating and treating patients with speech, language, voice, cognition, fluency, auditory (re)habilitation, and swallowing/oral feeding disorders; educating and counseling patients and families; providing independent therapeutic services; identifying areas of clinical specialization and competency; supervising graduate students; participating in quality improvement activities; and collaborating with the clinical practice team to achieve patient outcomes and system objectives.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and treat adult patients with swallowing, speech, language, voice, and cognitive-communication disorders
• Perform comprehensive dysphagia assessments and interventions
• Conduct Modified Barium Swallow Studies (MBSS/VFSS)
• Perform Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) when competency is established
• Develop individualized treatment plans based on clinical findings and evidence-based practice
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, dietitians, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other healthcare professionals
• Educate patients and caregivers regarding swallowing safety and communication strategies
• Document patient care according to hospital and regulatory standards
• Analyze comprehensive information from formal and informal assessment to determine a rehabilitation treatment diagnosis
• Collaborate with stakeholders in establishing the plan of care, coordinate and implement care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the rehabilitation continuum
• Apply appropriate, evidence-based interventions to ensure effective outcomes and re-evaluate performance to assess patient progress toward goals
• Employ strategies to promote successful return to home, community, and school/vocational environments
• Supervise graduate students by providing instruction, guidance/counsel, and training to ensure competent patient care and appropriate documentation

Qualifications

Required

• Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited program
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)
• Tennessee Speech-Language Pathology license or ability to obtain lic