Speech Pathologist / SLP

Responsibilities

• Schedules patients and initiates new referrals.
• Works closely with physicians, nursing and other allied health team members to provide timely treatments to expedite recovery.
• Affirms, diagnoses, and treats patients with speech, language, swallowing, and cognitive-linguistic deficits.
• Operates and maintains a variety of speech supplies and equipment, notifies supervisor of equipment needing repair, requisitions of needed supplies, etc.
• Modifies treatment and treatment plan based on patient response. Interprets treatments and progress to the patient, their family and other health care professionals.
• Provides all required documentation on each patient to include an evaluation with clinical history, subjective and objective data, goals and plan of treatment, progress notes, re-assessments, discharge summary, in a timely manner.
• Reports to assigned Supervisor, Manager, or Director.

Qualifications

• REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of Speech Language Pathology.
• Licenses/Certifications: SLP (Speech Language Pathologist) OR Temporary SLP (Speech Language Pathologist), BLS (Basic Life Support) Issued by American Red Cross or American Heart Association within 30 days of hire.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English (verbal/written).
• Jim Thorpe Therapy Resource Pool: This job requires the incumbents to operate a INTEGRIS-owned vehicle OR personal vehicle (non INTEGRIS-owned) and therefore must have a current Oklahoma State Drivers License as well as a driving record which is acceptable to our insurance carrier.
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Licenses/Certifications: Cochlear Implant Clinic: Professional certification for Listening and Spoken Language Specialists (LSLS) as a Auditory-Verbal Therapist (LSLS Cert. AVT).