Speech Language Pathologist - Minneapolis, United States - University of Minnesota

Description

The Speech Language Pathologist has the responsibility of overseeing and coordinating the effectiveness and efficiency of interdisciplinary team care for patients and families. This position requires working closely with families and multiple healthcare providers to develop, implement and measure the outcomes of care plans over the life span of individuals affected by cleft and craniofacial anomalies. This job includes a complex clinical practice as a speech-language pathologist, as well as overseeing and managing the operational and clinical functions of the Cleft-Craniofacial Speech-Language Pathology and referral to other rehabilitative services.

This job includes a wide range of leadership and academic skills from teaching and supervising graduate students to managing patient finances and training the nurse coordinator.

This position will be 32 hours per week.

Responsibilities Include:

• Facilitate team function and assist families with the provision of coordinated cleft-craniofacial care in order to maximize outcomes and satisfaction.
• Ensure the Program provides care that is comprehensive and integrated in order to maximize habilitation or rehabilitation. Examples include deciding which providers a patient sees at a visit, facilitating communication between families and providers efficiently, developing a form to facilitate communication between providers and schedulers, etc.
• Develop treatment plans and discuss with patients/families and care providers.
• Write a comprehensive interdisciplinary note communicating history, findings and care plan. Perform this independently as needed and also assist with the Director with this.
• Oversee and assist the Nurse Coordinator to ensure treatment plans are understood, coordinated and implemented. Provide ongoing problem solving and develop clinical procedures and tools to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of care coordination.
• Oversee and assist the Nurse Coordinator to identify resources for patients/families and refer as needed to ensure care plan is implemented (e.g., insurance applications, special education testing, free bottles, specialty providers).
• Facilitate communication between providers to maximize effectiveness and efficiency. Includes development of clinical tools, building positive relationships, and setline disagreements.
• Manage new patient referrals, including procedures for scheduling and education for staff.
• Oversee marketing acquisition for new patients, including website content, in-services, webinars, and brochures.
• Assist the Director with the management of the program finances, including setting clinical fees, review of accounts, and purchases.
• Oversee and coordinate the clinical function and operations and of the 22q Team, a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers for individuals and families with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (Velocardiofacial / DiGeorge Syndrome).

Speech-Language Pathologist Clinical Practice: Conduct complex speech-language evaluations and treatment for patients across the life span (premature to geriatric) with cleft-craniofacial anomalies and other orofacial conditions. Specialize in velopharyngeal dysfunction, profound motor speech deficits, and differentiation of structural versus learned disorders across many languages.

• High percentage of clinical practice consists of diagnostic evaluations for patients presenting with velopharyngeal dysfunction, speech sound production disorders and feeding problems. Speech-language evaluations conducted as independent consultations and as a part of interdisciplinary teams, including Cleft Team, Craniofacial Team, Velopharyngeal Inadequacy Team, and 22q Team. Evaluations include patient/parents interviewing, standardized and non-standardized testing, imaging, acoustic analyses, interpretation, referrals, and extensive follow-up. Advanced knowledge of cleft-craniofacial conditions and treatment is critical for decision-making.
• In-depth planning and follow-up is required for patients, including communicating the speech-language treatment plan to the school and outpatient speech-language pathologists. Extensive education and training is often needed.
• Perform follow-up testing, such as comprehensive language testing or velopharyngeal imaging. Nasendoscopic imaging is conducted on a regular basis. There are very few SLP's in the state that are trained in this.
• Coordinate with other providers in order to optimize speech-language and feeding skills or clarify diagnosis, such as planning velopharyngeal surgery, obtaining hearing aids, planning timing of orthodontic treatment, brain imaging, etc.
• Identify and coordinate referral of patients who need additional neurocognitive, developmental-behavioral, or genetic testing through medical or educational specialists.
• Provide speech-language and feeding treatment for patients with severe disorders. Supervise clinical fellow as well.
• Serve on the Fetal Diagnostic and Treatment team and provide prenatal consultations for parents expecting infants born with cleft and craniofacial anomalies focusing on feeding.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology
• PhD, Doctoral or advanced degree; preferably in speech language pathology
• Experience working with cleft and crainiofacial patients
• Experience running or assisting in running of a clinic including reviewing data to set up clinical fees and reimbursement.
• Experience in lecturing and clinical teaching in speech language pathology and cleft/crainofacil patients
• Experience in research; preferably cleft Palate-Crainofacial Associate or Foundation sponsored.

Preferred Qualifications:

Extensive experience in a Cleft Palate-Crainofacial clinical practice

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