Speech Pathologist

Grundy County Memorial Hospital

As-Needed

The speech pathologist is responsible for providing diagnostic and therapeutic speech, language, communicative, audiological, 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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Patient Care

• Evaluates and treats patients in need of therapeutic speech, language, audiological, communicative, 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.

Care Coordination

• Coordinates with other staff and caregivers to provide optimal care to patient including care coordination, patient care conferences, and scheduling.

Departmental Participation

• Assists and advises supervisory personnel, management, and administration in development and implementation of quality speech and language pathology services, programs, policies, and procedures.
• Attends regular staff meetings and educational sessions as required.

Required:

• 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.
• CCC may be required for any position working independently.
• Possess and maintain current BLS certification per policy.

Preferred:

• 1-2 years experience preferred but not required. 
• Specialized knowledge, skills, experience, or abilities dependent upon specific practice area/location