Speech Language Pathologist PRN
US-NE-OMAHA
commonspirit_careers
Req #: 470440
Type: Varies
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Overview: CHI Health Immanuel, located in North Omaha just off of I-680 on 72nd Street, offers a full-service hospital, cancer center, rehabilitation center, specialty spine hospital and more. For well over a century, our commitment to serve our community inspires our staff to provide the highest quality of care to all who we have the privilege to serve. Responsibilities: As our PRN Speech Pathologist at Immanuel Hospital, you will provide essential evaluation and therapeutic management for patients with speech, language, and/or cognitive disorders, improving communication, cognitive function, and quality of life. Every day you will conduct comprehensive assessments, develop individualized treatment plans, implement interventions, and monitor progress. You'll educate patients/families on strategies and goals, document encounters, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams. To be successful, you will demonstrate strong clinical evaluation and therapeutic management skills. Excellent communication for patient/family rapport and team collaboration, a commitment to evidence-based practice, and patient advocacy are essential. * Provides speech language evaluations, care planning, patient treatment and education according to the professional practice guidelines defined by state and professional sources. * Works as a collaborative team member to develop a coordinated care plan that is accountable to achievement of established goals. * Is knowledgeable and completes all required documentation and billing requirements according to established local, state and federal law. * Is responsible for the knowledge and application of measurable quality metrics associated with the area of active practice. Periodically attends team meetings to discuss/improve program evaluation/quality measures * Takes responsibility to stay current with evidenced based practice guidelines, stays current with new research introduced and serves as a professional resource to other team members in the area of speech language practice in a medical setting. * In support of the academic health mission of the organization, periodically accepts assignment of student clinical education at all levels of clinical training. Qualifications: * Masters Other in Speech Language upon hire * Speech Language Pathologist License in Nebraska upon hire * Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association upon hire * Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology within 18 months
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