Speech Pathologist

4 weeks ago

Nashville, Tennessee, United States Vanderbilt University Medical Center Full time
Job Summary

Evaluate, treat, and counsel patients with speech, language, fluency, voice, cognitive, and swallowing/oral feeding disorders to improve communication and/or swallowing skills as required by clinician's population.

Actively collaborate with the healthcare/educational team to meet patient care, outcome, and system improvement objectives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Formulate functional treatment plans that are goal-focused, individualized, safe, and age-specific to address deficits and patient/caregiver areas of concern.
  • Evaluate patient/caregiver responses and modify plans of care according to VHCS and VUMC standards.
  • Administer and score standardized and criterion-referenced tests.
  • Interpret results of the assessment and their significance to the patient, family, referring physician, and other members of the healthcare team.
  • Evaluate and incorporate new research findings into the assessment and treatment of patients.
  • Assist with establishing or modifying existing 'Standards of Practice' for specific patient groups.
  • Complete documentation according to agency policy.
  • Meet productivity standards.
  • Demonstrate accountability as an individual and team member in meeting patient/family needs.
  • Participate in identifying cost-effective measures for clinical care.
  • Manage clinical assignments in an organized, efficient manner using human and other resources.
  • Continuum of Care/Provision of Care
  • Provide therapeutic interventions for identified objectives.
  • Evaluate patient/caregiver responses and modify plans of care according to VHCS and VUMC standards.
  • Assure coordination of care for all patients, including multi-disciplinary coordination as a case manager.
  • Identify and recommend referrals to other services as indicated.
  • Assure patient safety.
  • Establish relationships of trust and confidentiality with patient/caregivers.
  • Practice Infection Control.
  • Meet obligations for reimbursement of services.
  • Patient/Caregiver, Team & Community Education
  • Incorporate new information and findings from ongoing dialogue with patient, family, team, physician, and payer into treatment plans.
  • Provide education/consultation to patient/caregiver/team/community.
  • Assess patient/caregiver learning needs, coordinate necessary teaching, and evaluate teaching outcomes.
  • Effectively identify and use appropriate educational tools and materials.
  • Plan educational programs to assist team/department with identified needs.
  • Problem Solving
  • Identify problems and/or actual or potential variances from goals and communicate with the healthcare team.
  • Initiate collaboration with the healthcare team to assure timely identification of the root cause(s) of problems/variances.
  • Participate in finding solutions for problems/variances and implement actions that move patients/caregivers toward desired goals.
  • Communication/Collaboration
  • Adapt communication to needs/level of patient/family/caregiver understanding or target audience.
  • Clearly and efficiently communicate significant information across the continuum of care and/or from one caregiver to another.
  • Independently collaborate with peers, members of HCT, and physician.
  • Seek leadership's guidance in conflict resolution.
  • Continuous Learning
  • Develop and achieve personal and professional goals.
  • Participate in quality improvement activities.
  • Identify need for professional growth and seek appropriate professional development opportunities, obtaining a minimal number of educational activities annually that meet licensure requirements.
  • Team/Organization
  • Function as an integral member of the team, demonstrating ability to respect roles and professional boundaries of self and others; follow through with assigned roles and required activities; understand/comply with policies and procedures.
  • Precept new staff.
  • Attend/participate in agency and committee meetings, including agency and discipline-specific Unit Boards, utilizing the Shared Governance model.
  • Adhere to and promote VHCS Mission and Vision.
  • Integrate professional practice/job responsibilities and organizational expectations.
  • Comply with standards, policies/procedures, laws, and organizational expectations.
  • Strive to meet organizational service, satisfaction, and cost goals.
  • Represent VHCS on committees, etc. outside the agency, as applicable.
Technical Capabilities

Allied health is among the fastest-growing occupations in healthcare today.

This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic healthcare services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health's reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their healthcare because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

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