What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager of Speech Therapy Services position at Accel Therapies?
About Us
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Speech Services Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of SLP services, including direct therapy, clinical quality assurance, leadership, and strategic growth.
Main Duties:
The Speech Services Manager will be responsible for the following main duties:
Direct Therapy:
- Assess and diagnose speech, language, and communication disorders.
- Develop and implement individualized treatment plans for clients.
- Provide therapy and interventions to improve speech, language, and communication skills.
- Collaborate with BCBAs, BTs, and other Applied Behavioral Analysis teammates to deliver integrated, multi-disciplinary client care.
Clinical Quality Assurance:
- Responsible for design implementation and maintenance of electronic documentation system workflow and templates pertaining to SLP.
- Maintaining audits according to regulatory requirements.
- Plans, reviews, and monitors referrals for relevance and timeliness of service delivery.
- Regulatory compliance/quality assurance: responsible for ensuring compliance with regulations for SLP services.
Leadership:
- Exhibits ancillary SLP leadership regarding other department initiatives.
- Exhibits a high level of initiation in regard to program development and performance improvement projects for the SLP service.
- Ensures a high level of utilization of authorized client SLP sessions.
- Meets with key service personnel as indicated to promote the most effective services.
- Manage and supervise all clinical and support staff in all programs, including providing long-term career development and growth opportunities.
Strategic Growth:
- Partner with Accel leadership to strategically plan the growth of the Speech service line across our current markets and in new markets.
- Occasionally travel to other markets to support the SLP team and service line.
- Foster relationships with community providers to build Accels reputation and a strong referral network.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to execute marketing strategies related to growing Accels speech business.
- Research to advance knowledge in the field of speech-language pathology.
- Participate in continuing education to stay current with the latest practices and techniques.
