What are the responsibilities and job description for the Speech Language Pathologist - PRN position at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, Inc.?
Description
- Diagnoses and treats individuals with speech, language, voice and fluency impairments.
- Performs assessments and diagnoses, and develops treatment plans for language and swallowing disorders.
- Evaluates levels of swallowing, speech and language difficulty and identifies treatment options.
- Creates and carries out individualized treatment plans addressing specific functional needs.
- Teaches patients how to make sounds while improving their voices and maintaining fluency.
- Creates goals and objectives for patients to work toward and identify areas of progress and challenges.
- Provides support and advice to patients, their caregivers, and family.
- Counsels patients and families on ways to cope with swallowing and communication disorders.
- Compiles extensive notes on patients’ progress and adjusts therapies and treatment plans where necessary.
- Documents patient care services according to approved medical documentation and facility documentation procedures.
