Provides speech therapy services to assigned groups of patients by performing the following duties.

Essential Functions 

Identifies patient care needs through evaluation and establishes professional rapport with patients to achieve desired patient outcomes.

Establishes an environment of care and compassion to provide emotional, psychological and physical support to patients and families.

Assures quality patient care by established best-practices and standards of care, measuring functional outcomes, making changes to the patients plan of care as needed, following our hospital philosophies, standards of practice and standards of care set forth by the TN Board of Speech Therapy.

Assisting in resolution of patient concern through use of multidisciplinary team strategies.

Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with the procedures, rules and regulations set forth by this facility; requests assistance from other staff when needed to accomplish this.

Documents patient care services accurately and promptly utilizing the electronic medical record.

Maintains patient confidentiality and protects operations by keeping information confidential.

Ensures operation of equipment by following manufacturers recommendations/instructions, reporting need for repair, evaluating new equipment and techniques for use.

Maintains needed supplies by monitoring stock levels for future use and needs, using supplies and equipment as needed to perform job duties.

Maintains professional and technical knowledge through continued education, review of professional publication and participating in learning opportunities provided by the facility.

Maintains a collaborative relationship with team members by communication information, responding to requests, reviewing information sent via emails, building rapport with team members through participation in inter-disciplinary problem technique such as Briefs, Debriefs, patient safety huddle and executive patient safety rounding.

Demonstrates the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw reasonable/valid conclusions regarding patient care.

Maintains competencies based on the departmental specific skills checklist.

Organizational Expectations 

Actively participates in Foundation Safety Behavior Tools and Tactics such as Briefs, Debriefs, Huddles, Learning Board Activities, Executive Patient Safety Rounds and reporting of unanticipated and unintended patient events regardless of whether there is harm.

Provide effective mentoring
Be loyal to the absent
Always manage up
Consistent use of AIDET & 5 P's
Uphold the facilities Core Values:
Champion Patient Care
Do the Right Thing
Embrace Individuality
Act with Kindness
Make a Difference Together

Job Requirements 

Minimum Education
Minimal of Master of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology. Knowledge of principles and practice of speech therapy.

Required Skills
Promotes and restores patients health by evaluating and administering treatment to restore function and prevent disability following injury, disease or physical disability, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) - must be obtained within 90 days from date of hire.
Licenses: Current licensure by the State of Tennessee to practice Speech Therapy or an active provisional license in the State of Tennessee with the supervision of a licensed Speech Therapist is required.

Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran