I. Job Summary

To evaluate and treat referred patients in order to help improve cognitive function, speech intelligibility and understanding and swallowing function.

II. Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs speech language pathology evaluations and provides appropriate care using best practices.
• Thoroughly documents each and every patient contact
• Is compliant with all federal, state, local and insurance laws, rules and regulations regarding the provision of speech language

Communication Requirements

• Checks in daily at assigned ti.mes with appropriate scheduler to review that day's schedule and inform scheduler of next day's planned schedule. Scheduler will move any missed visits that may be captured later
• Communicates with scheduler immediately with any urgent scheduling needs
• Contacts new patients the night before the proposed visit and offers very rough estimated visit time
• Communicates SOC and Eval information to the appropriate nursing supervisor and scheduler immediately after completing visit
• Contacts established patients at agreed upon times
• Contacts patients immediately with any schedule changes that impact their visit
• Contacts physician immediately after all evaluations, for requests for more therapy visits and for any clinically significant concerns and documents every contact in the clinical record
• Responds to phone calls or text messages within 1-2 hours during work hours or immediately the next business day if messages received after work hours
• Responds to emails promptly
• Communicates frequently with Speech language pathology Assistants and other disciplines about patient care and coordination of care

III. Education

IV. Qualifications And Experience

• Graduate of an accredited speech language pathology program. Currently licensed in the state of Georgia.
• Strong interpersonal skills in person, on the telephone and through electronic communication sources
• Strong problem solving skills
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Must have own mode of reliable transportation and maintain liability insurance coverage
• Must be self-motivated, a quick learner and adaptable to quickly changing situations
• Must be highly organized
• Must be physically able to perform the duties required of a speech language pathologist
• Ability to impart knowledge to patients, caregivers and other clinicians
• Must be willing to provide care outside of assigned area to ensure coverage for vacations, times of high census, meet productivity requirements,

V. Acknowledgment

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change ( e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush job, or technological developments).