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Speech Language Pathologist Outpatient Full Time Days

  • Job ID 2305033609-17
  • Date posted 11/01/2023
  • Facility Hi-Desert Continuing Care Center

Description:

Welcome to Hi-Desert Medical Center, where you’ll benefit from:

A 59-bed acute primary care facility offering you and your family first-rate health care close to home
A wide range of quality inpatient and outpatient diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice services, and a variety of community outreach programs
A dedicated team of quality, caring, health care professionals


Position Summary

Evaluates patients regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic techniques fro rehabilitation of speech, language, hearing, and oral motor disorders.

Primary Duties

  • Maintains established department policies, procedures, objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
  • Gathers data related to patient’s communication disorder, selects appropriate evaluation tool(s) for the purpose of assessment, and administers diagnostic testing procedures to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement.
  • Performs evaluations with special attention to receptive and expressive language skills, speech fluency, vocal and oral motor competence, articulation, auditory skills, cognitive linguistic skills and swallowing disorders.
  • Develops and maintains long and short-term treatment goals for each patient. Re-evaluates and modifies treatment programs as indicated.
  • Maintains active and support communication with the patient regarding progress, problems, home programs and other issues related to the therapeutic process.
  • Discusses patient care programs with other specialists, including nurses and physicians. Notifies other specialists of recommendations regarding changing treatment programs or suggesting treatments not originally ordered by the physician.
  • Serves as a resource to nursing and other disciplines.
  • Prepares written documentation as required by the profession and the department.
  • Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, workshops and in-service meetings.
  • Demonstrates sensitivity and competence in the care of the ill and/or dying adolescent, adult, geriatric and pediatric patients relative to determining each patient’s age related physical, psychological and cultural needs.

Minimum Education/Certification/Experience:

  • Master’s Degree in speech-language pathology
  • 2 Years of SLP experience
  • Licensed as a Speech Pathologist in California
  • California driver’s license and continuous insurance required

Preferred Experience/Availability

  • Outpatient experience with preschool population and adults
  • Availability to see adult patients in Acute/Skilled nursing environment


Sign On Bonus: Up to $20,000

Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm

Schedule: Monday thru Friday


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Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.

2305033609 Minimum Qualifications Full Time

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

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