Speech Therapist Part Time

SUMMARY

To ensure quality services are provided in accordance with all federal, state and corporate standards and regulations. Plan and provide speech-language pathology services to clients with speech, voice, or language disorders, dysphagia, and other related disorders. Assess clients and provide therapeutic intervention / employee training / recommendation to eliminate or reduce problems or impairments that interfere with their client's ability to communicate.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Conduct independent evaluations to assess clients with speech or language disorders, dysphagia, and/or other related
• conditions to determine needed services.
• Develop clinical recommendations and strategies by interpreting observations and data.
• Participate in the Admission, annual review, and as needed concerns for each client to provide interpretation of
• assessment data, acute and persistent concerns, and goal setting for clients with communication disorders, dysphagia, or
• other applicable conditions.
• Participate in annual ISP meetings, Circle of Support Meetings (as appropriate), and acute concerns.
• Collaborate with each client’s Circle of Support to plan and implement activities to improve communication skills of clients.
• Provide professional development to help employees identify and understand communication deficits and potential
• dysphagia hazards in clients.
• Participate in developing and implementing dysphagia training in employee orientation, including but not limited to a review
• of swallowing concerns and altered meal plan needs.
• Assist in the selection of equipment and instructional materials.
• Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other required documents.
• Comply with CMS and DIDD regulations established by federal and state laws.
• Participate in professional development activities to maintain compliance with CMS and DIDD regulations, such as Protection From Harm.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Experience:

•    Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited college or university.

•    Valid Tennessee license as a speech-pathologist granted by the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (SBESLPA), and

•    Certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language-

•    Hearing Association (ASHA).

•    May be required to lift and transfer clients to and from wheelchair or assist with positioning clients with physical disabilities.

•    Ability to use the accepted tests and measurements to assess communication disorders and conditions.

•    Knowledge of evaluation, habilitation, and rehabilitation of speech-language disorders and conditions.

•    Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

•    One year supervised clinical speech-language pathology experience.

Physical Requirements:

 •    Repetitive hand movements; tasks may include but not limited to, long periods of typing or writing, light lifting, bending, squatting, etc.

•    Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time.

•    Normal Office Environment

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.

Open Arms Care Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, or genetics.