Speech Language Pathologist

Job description

Speech Language Pathologist - ( 2600028B ) Description: - Organizes and conducts Speech-Language Pathology services to facilitate the (re)habilitation of people with physical and/or psychosocial disabilities. - The Speech-Language Pathologist directs the patient's participation in selected activities/treatments to promote and/or maintain good health and communication. - Organizes and conducts the Speech-Language Pathology plan of care to facilitate the habilitation or rehabilitation of people with speech, language, cognitive-linguistic, psychosocial, and swallowing disabilities. - Directs patient participation in selected activities to establish, enhance, and restore speech, language, cognitive-linguistic, psychosocial, and swallowing abilities. - Performs evaluation(s), develops an effective treatment plan appropriate to a patient’s rehabilitation needs within the care continuum, initiates and participates in the discharge planning process. - Educates patient/family/caregiver in applicable health information, treatment and prevention. - Performs other department activities such as, but not limited to, documentation, billing, support of department operations, etc. - Performs other...