Speech Language Pathologist

Responsible for speech therapy services including evaluation and treatment of speech and language disorders, swallowing disorders, and video fluoroscopy swallowing studies. Serves as a resource for staff in dealing with participants with communication, speech, and swallowing difficulties.

Job Duties

• Assesses participants’ swallowing, speech and language, and feeding dysfunction and restorative potential.
• Performs evaluations and assessments within 48 hours of receiving MD order.
• Performs written or electronic evaluations.
• Determines patient and family needs related to cognition, swallowing, and speech and language function.
• Discusses with patient and family to identify patient goals and expectations.
• Develops a comprehensive care plan for each patient.
• Plans and performs therapeutic interventions to restore function and enhance quality of life to the greatest extent possible.
• Plans individual therapy interventions.
• Establishes priority areas of treatment.
• Provides speech therapy services to restore impaired speech, language, and swallowing disorders.
• May include treatment program to improve cognition, swallowing function and correct disorders, improve communication and speech ability, and correct disorders.
• Establishes suitable and achievable treatment goal, which contains time frames.
• Provides individual therapy for patients as needed or prescribed in the care plan.
• Performs the appropriate clinical tests and measurements to improve function whenever possible.
• Performs appropriate documentation in all areas of care.
• Ensures completeness of documentation of all clinical services rendered to patients.
• Satisfactorily completes and maintains all discipline-specific competencies.
• Maintains statistical records as required.
• Determines equipment and supply needs and utilizes budget resources to obtain.