Speech Language Pathologist PRN - Columbus, United States - THE HOLBROOKE COMPANY

Description

Job Description

• Diagnoses and treats individuals with speech, language, voice and fluency impairments
• Setting: Acute Care

• Performs hearing and/or speech and language examinations to learn the patient's degree of impairment.
• Evaluates hearing and /or speech and language test results.
• Evaluates barium swallow results and/or other test results and overall medical background information.
• Diagnoses patients and formulates treatment plans for speech, language, fluency, voice or swallowing impairments.
• Educates patients and family members about the various communication techniques or strategies to cope with the impairment.
• Writes reports and maintains client information for the purposes of evaluation, treatment progress and discharge of client.
• Performs administrative responsibilities, coordinates paperwork, writes lesson plans and schedules case management activities and/or any other appropriate patient information and/or recordkeeping for administrative, billing and caseload purposes.
• Develops individual and/or group activities and/or programs to manage behavior, speech, language or swallowing problems.
• Participates in and writes reports for meetings regarding patients' progress.
• Participates in the planning and implementing of individualized educational planning (IEP) meetings, in-service meetings, or intervention assistance team meetings.
• Instructs clients with techniques for more effective communication, such as sign language, lip reading or voice improvement.

• Masters degree in Communication Disorders/Speech-Language Pathology
• Georgia-licensed Speech-Language Pathologist
• Clinical Competence (CCC) Required

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Service orientation
• Active listening
• Instructing
• Monitoring
• Critical thinking