Inpat Speech-Lang Pathologist

Inpatient Rehab Services  
PRN
Day Shift 
8-430

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Job Summary

Performs professional speech language pathology services that are concerned with prevention, treatment and restoration of disorders of speech, language, voice, and oral-pharyngeal and cognitive/communication following trauma, disease or developmental disabilities. This may include various speech tests, measurements, and exercises.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: Post-Graduate Degree in Speech Language Pathology from a school or program determined by the South Carolina State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology to be equivalent to those accredited by the Council on Professional Standards of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
Minimum Years of Experience: None.
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Current ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) or its equivalent as approved by the South Carolina State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Licensed  as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) by the South Carolina State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology or Licensed as a SLP intern by South Carolina State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and must complete a clinical fellowship with a SLP that has their CCC for a minimum of 36 weeks and no longer than 48 months. The SLP intern will remain in their fellowship until their CCC is awarded by ASHA and their SLP intern status is changed to SLP by South Carolina State Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology);

CPR Certification.
Required Training: None.

Essential Functions

• Provides direct speech language pathology services upon referral by a physician or advanced practice provider using specific competencies.
• Demonstrates Age specific competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following patient population:           
  • Infant (Birth to 1 year)           
  • Child (1 year through 12 years)          
  • Adolescent (13 years through 17 years)        
  • Adult (18 years to 65 years)          
  • Geriatric (over 65 years).
• Evaluates patients using functional tests and measurements such to assess speech-language, cognitive and swallowing deficits, receptive and/or expressive impairment, and primary communication difficulty.
• Develops speech therapy treatment plans and monitors progress.
• Administers speech therapy treatments.
• Documents/records appropriate patient treatment data, such as patient progress notes, evaluation reports and discharge summaries. 
• Instructs patients and their families in home program.
• Represents department and communicates with the interdisciplinary team for discharge planning and coordination of medical services during hospital stay.
• Represents department in meetings, such as attending patient care conferences and providing in-services for other hospital departments such as nursing, housekeeping, etc.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in providing clinical  supervision of rehab techs and students in their duties.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisors, or authorized personnel as required in an emergency, e.g. fire or disaster.
• Uses effective time management to complete patient care assignments and meet departmental productivity standards.
• Demonstrates sound professional judgement and acts in accordance with the state speech pathologist and audiologists therapy practice act, hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Participates in professional activities for continued self-development, and growth of technical knowledge and skills.
• Therapist will be able to meet deadlines and commitments with minimal supervision.
• Uses safe techniques and safe patient handling equipment as needed for protection of patients and self while performing duties.
• Demonstrates competence in safe delivery of care.
• Maintains an optimistic and professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers. Demonstrates teamwork while performing duties, for example assists with the transportation of patients as needed. Exhibits courtesy, compassion and respect, when working with patients, visitors and co-workers. Conforms to the Service Expectation Policy.
• Reports to work on time and meets the hospital criteria for attendance and tardiness.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our benefit eligible employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits 
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.  LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary 
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.