Description
The Speech Language Pathologist is responsible for evaluating, diagnosing, and treating disorders of speech, language, cognitive communication, voice, and swallowing.
Join our Acute Care Rehabilitation team as a PRN Speech Pathologist, providing evaluation and treatment services for patients with communication, cognitive, and swallowing disorders in a fast-paced hospital setting.
This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team while making a meaningful impact on patient recovery and outcomes.
Our facility is located in an area that qualifies for a 5% geographic pay differential, providing additional compensation for this location.
Essential Functions
- Provides skilled, quality clinical services utilizing standard of care, and evidence and outcomes-based practices, with appropriate goals, duration, and intensity of service.
- Complies with system and regulatory requirements and guidelines for documentation, billing, and working hours.
- Maintains effective and appropriate communication and relationships with peers, patients, families, caregivers, and both internal and external stakeholders.
- Participates in mentoring and supervision of students and new hires.
- Participates in patient care conferences, interdisciplinary meetings, staff meetings, and necessary professional and work groups in collaboration/consensus with leader.
- Participates in continuous improvement initiatives as part of the Intermountain Operating Model.
- Promotes mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abides by service standards.
- Meets established productivity/efficiency standards for the department or service line.
- Participates in and promotes continuing education opportunities for self and staff, seeking new learning opportunities according to licensure requirements.
Skills
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Versatility
- Interpersonal Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Detail Oriented
- Time Management
- Quality Improvement
- Adaptability
- Active Listening
- Dependability
- Compassion
Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Communication Disorders/Speech Language Pathology or equivalent
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.
- Current licensure in state of practice
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC) Preferred
Physical Requirements
- Employees need to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
- Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors require employees to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
- If driving is required, current driver's license, insured, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record.
Location: Intermountain Health Heber Valley Hospital, Intermountain Health Park City Hospital
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $43.09 - $66.47