DescriptionWe are hiring for a Speech Language Pathologist/ Speech Therapist to join our team in Senior Living.
At LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people.
As a Speech Therapist, you can expect:
- the ability to build in-person trusted therapist-patient relationships
- continuing education and tuition reimbursement opportunities
- independence and autonomy
- career growth possibilities
Responsibilities- Evaluates the patient to determine rehab potential, identify needs, establishes an individualized treatment plan of care and set goals for each patient.
- Sets initial STG's and LTG's.
- Utilizes equipment in a proper and safe manner, maintains equipment inspection, maintenance, and cleaning logs, and reports broken or faulty equipment.
- Follows medical regimen developed for the patient, is aware of and adheres to precautions if applicable (THR, TKR, Cardiac, Wound, etc.).
- Utilizes safe treatment techniques to include compensatory methods for swallowing and communication.
- Selects proper diagnostic materials to assess all aspects of communication and/or swallowing function.
- Completes D/C summary for each patient on their final visit to outpatient ST.
Qualifications- Formal Education: Master's Degree
- Experience: Less than 6 months
- License, Registration, and / or Certification Requirement: Yes
- Master's degree from a program satisfying the American Speech-Language/Hearing Association's academic and practicum requirements for the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC).
- ASHA certification in Speech/Language Pathology or in the process of completing a Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY).
- CPR certification and all other certifications and documents as required by LHC Group policy.
- Current state license in Speech/Language Pathology or provisional license in CFY.
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