Speech Language Pathologist - Rehabilitation Specialist
US-ID-Meridian
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Req #: 87336
Type: Full-Time
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Overview: At St. Luke's, our dedicated team of Speech Language Pathologists are critical in providing exceptional, patient-centered care. We strive to foster an environment that embraces our employees' unique strengths, experiences and perspectives which ultimately drives our exceptional, patient-centered care. What You Can Expect: * Support Meridian and Nampa in Acute Care * The Rehabilitation Specialist applies evidence, specialized expertise and experience in the promotion of quality discipline-specific rehabilitation care. * Provides rehabilitation consultation to staff therapists, nurses, medical staff, and other interdisciplinary colleagues. Qualifications: * Education: Accredited Program in alignment with licensure requirements * Experience: 3 years experience * Licenses/Certifications: * Valid license to practice speech therapy in state of practice. * Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certified through American Heart Association or American Red Cross. * Preferred Qualifications: * 3 years experience in acute care speech language pathology Responsibilities: The Clinical Specialist - Rehabilitation applies evidence, specialized expertise and experience in the promotion of quality discipline-specific rehabilitation care (i.e. Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy). * Perform initial and ongoing comprehensive evaluation including, but not limited to, collecting subjective and objective data, analysis of data, and creation of treatment plan. * Administers interventions consistent with treatment plan based on evidence based best practice, provider protocol and governing standards. * Develops system standards for discipline-specific best practice clinical care in collaboration with other clinical specialists by utilizing evidence, system initiative/need and experience. * Facilitates clinical competence and care standardization of staff/team through education, new staff orientation, role modeling, team building, and quality monitoring. * Provides rehabilitation consultation to staff therapists, nurses, medical staff, and other interdisciplinary colleagues. * Conducts comprehensive rehabilitation practice assessments using known evidence-based techniques, tools, and direct and indirect methods within a specific care discipline. * Performs system level assessments to identify variables that influence rehabilitation practice and outcomes. * Participates on interdisciplinary teams to implement outcome-focused patient care programs meeting the clinical needs of patients, families, populations and communities. * Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Qualifications: * Education: Accredited Program in alignment with licensure requirements * Experience: 3 years experience * Licenses/Certifications: -Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certified through American Heart Association or American Red Cross. * Valid license to practice speech therapy, occupational therapy, or physical therapy in state of practice.
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