Job Description

Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist at Intermountain Health summary:

As a Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist, you focus on providing specialized speech and feeding interventions to improve communication and feeding skills in patients. Your role involves thorough documentation, patient care coordination, and the development of tailored care plans to meet individual patient needs. You are dedicated to making a significant impact on patients' lives while complying with care delivery standards and maintaining effective communication with families and other healthcare professionals.

Job Description:

Are you a licensed speech pathologist with a passion for feeding therapy? This role focuses on speech and feeding interventions, helping patients improve both their communication and feeding skills. Join our dedicated team to make a significant impact on patients' lives through specialized speech feeding therapy.

Posting Specifics

• Benefits Eligible: Yes; Medical, Dental, Vision, & Education Assistance. Click Here for more details

• FTE: Full time (36 hours/week)

• Location: Homecare

• Pediatric, Swallowing & Feeding Experience

Job Essentials

• Provides timely and thorough documentation of the patient record consistent with agency standards.

• Practices within the Scope of Practice and complies with all policies, laws, licensure, regulations and standards for care pertaining to the delivery of home care services.

• Demonstrates competent theoretical and technical skills pertinent to patient populations being served: Dysphagia, Speech/Language Pathology, Communication skills, Cognition, Voice, Feeding skills.

• Demonstrates compliance with patient care coordination: weekly and monthly chart audits as requested, utilization, infection control, improvement in corrective action plans, and attendance at staff and training meetings.

• When assigned, demonstrates effective primary patient care coordination with all disciplines.

Follows the patient care process:

• Thoroughly identifies and evaluates functional and rehabilitative needs

• Identifies and prioritizes patient needs

• Develops and implements appropriate care plan and goals

• Adjusts and updates care plan as needed

• Appropriately coordinates patient care with other disciplines

• Provides appropriate education to patients and families

• Consistently follows the established care plan.

• Demonstrates the efficient use of resources by effectively managing time, supplies and equipment and by meeting established productivity standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid/current Utah Speech Language Pathology License.

• Current driver's license, insured, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record.

• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

• Current Certificate of Clinical Competence.

• Ability to access the Internet or a phone line transferring patient files twice a day.

• Effective communication skills.

• Basic computer skills.

Physical Requirements:

Hearing/Listening, Manual Dexterity, Pulling/Pushing Seeing, Speaking.

Location:

Homecare - Ogden

Work City:

Ogden

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.  

$41.22 - $63.59

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Keywords:

pediatric speech therapy, feeding therapy, speech language pathologist, speech intervention, patient care coordination, communication skills, dysphagia, clinical competence, home care services, healthcare

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time,

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