Unitypoint Health Waterloo , IA 50702
Posted 2 weeks ago
Overview
Speech Pathologist
UnityPoint Health
Shift: PRN as needed
The speech pathologist is responsible for providing diagnostic and therapeutic speech, language, communicative, audiological, swallowing, and cognitive services, rehabilitation, and testing to inpatients and outpatients. The speech pathologist is responsible for implementing and improving quality speech and language pathology services and providing appropriate documentation and billing for such services.
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Responsibilities
Evaluates and treats patients in need of therapeutic speech, language, audiological, communicative, swallowing, and cognitive rehabilitation testing and services and participates in and provides all necessary components of this responsibility including completion of proper evaluation, creation of a treatment plan, and completion of treatment sessions per established treatment plans
Produces appropriate documentation and billing incompliance with all third-party payor and regulatory guidelines.
Completes appropriate communication with all patients, caregivers, fellow staff, and referring providers/clinicians.
Provides oversite and supervision of other support personnel and speech therapy students
Coordinates with other staff and caregivers to provide optimal care to patient including care coordination, patient care conferences, and scheduling.
Assists and advises supervisory personnel, management, and administration in development and implementation of quality speech and language pathology services, programs, policies, and procedures.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Graduate of accredited educational program in speech-language pathology
Current license, in good standing, to practice speech pathology in the state of Iowa, or eligible.
Possess and maintain current BLS certification per policy.
Read, write, comprehend, and speak fluent English
Possess basic computer skills and knowledge
Preferred Qualifications:
1-2 years' experience preferred
CCC-SLP Certificate of Clinical Competence that is granted by ASHA.
Specialized knowledge, skills, experience, or abilities dependent upon specific practice area/location
Area of Interest: Therapy;
FTE/Hours per pay period: .01;
Department: GenTherapy
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