Supplemental Staff Speech Lang Path ll

About the role

Harris Health is a public healthcare safety-net provider serving the residents of Harris County, Texas. We champion better health for the entire community, focusing on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients with acute and primary care, wellness, disease management, and population health services. Our network includes Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center), Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center), and 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations, and virtual (telemedicine) technology.

Responsibilities

• Provides services for the prevention, diagnosis, habilitation, and rehabilitation of communication, swallowing, or other upper aero-digestive disorders.
• Elective modification of communication behaviors.
• Enhancement of communication.
• Participation in rounds, clinics, departmental performance improvement, and clinical education.
• Design and implementation of decision-making guidelines.
• Incorporation of evidence-based practice in patient management.
• Adherence to practice act, regulations, and rules, departmental policies, and documentation and reimbursement rules.
• Management of patient appointment system and coordination with front office for service authorization, certification, and recertification.
• Adaptability to accommodate unique physical, psychosocial, cultural, safety, and developmental needs of patients.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Speech & Hearing, Communicative Disorders, or related field.
• Texas license through TDLR.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) from ASHA.
• Basic Life Support from AHA or ARC.
• Bilingual - Spanish, Vietnamese preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Word and personal computer.

Job Attributes

• Knowledge of analytical, medical terms, research, and other skills.
• Experience with EMR.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Membership in the American Physical Therapy Association preferred.
• Competency in age-specific and job-specific criteria.
• Previous experience in area of practice preferred.

Equipment Operated

• Speech and Swallowing equipment.
• Computer software.
• Electronic medical record documentation.