What are the responsibilities and job description for the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) PRN position at Community Rehabilitation Hospital South?
Description
A career at Community Rehabilitation Hospital South, a 44-bed state-of-the-art inpatient acute rehabilitation hospital operated jointly with Lifepoint Health and Community Health System, is more than a job. It’s a chance to be a vital member of an interdisciplinary team caring for people in the Indianapolis area who need continued care to recover completely. You have specialized skills and our patients in Greenwood need them! If you are an enthusiastic individual seeking an environment dedicated to superior patient care and an organization with a strong mission to serve our community, we invite you to apply!
Our Benefits:
- New competitive pay rates
- Various shift availabilities
- Low therapist-to-patient ratios
- Professional development and advancement opportunities
- Strong interdisciplinary teamwork opportunities
- Superior quality patient outcomes
- Supportive leadership and culture
What you will do in this role:
- Perform patient assessments.
- Provides care in accordance with physician’s orders and established plan of care.
- Assesses the effectiveness of treatment and modifies treatment to achieve goals.
- Plans for patient discharge. Communicates with patient, family, caregivers, significant other, and members of the healthcare team to achieve rehabilitation goals and promote maximum benefits of care.
- Participates in performance improvement and program development activities.
- Provides input into the budgetary planning process; contributing to cost effectiveness of services programs provided by the department.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s and master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Communicative Disorders, or similarly titled area that is consistent and acceptable to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- Possess or eligible for a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Current Basic Life Support/CPR card (AHA required).
Community Rehabilitation Hospital South strives to maximize the health, function, and quality of life of those we serve through comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation programs. Our rehabilitation programs provide ongoing care and specialized treatment to patients throughout their recovery journey. We offer customized, intense rehabilitation tailored to the individual needs of those recovering from stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions, trauma, spinal cord injury, amputation, and orthopedic injury. We are accredited by The Joint Commission and CARF-accredited for our Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program and our Stroke Specialty Program.
