Schedule is M-F 40 hours with 2 weekend days per month; coverage in acute care, IPR in Winston-Salem and Davie Medical Center as needed; CCC-SLP only

Pay Range:

What You'll Need:

• Current license in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association
• Current Certification from American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers, CPR and AED.

What You'll Do:

• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.
• Follows hospital policies and procedures.
• Follows departmental policies and procedures.
• Contributes to the overall quality of services.
• Assumes responsibility for keeping informed about changes in policies and procedures.
• Performs comprehensive professional evaluations of patients of all assigned ages referred for differential diagnosis of communicative, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and/or swallowing disorders.
• Satisfactorily completes and maintains all initial and ongoing clinical competency requirements for patient groups and areas served.
• Appropriately selects, administers, and interprets diagnostic tools, with consideration of patient developmental level, current status, premorbid function, and reason for referral, and in accordance to WFBH protocols and procedures.
• Including, but not limited to, Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES), Modified Barium Swallow Evaluations (MBS), Passy-Muir Valve (PMV) evaluations, and knowledge of multiple standardized and non-standardized assessments of communication and cognitive-linguistics.
• Pending primary work areas, includes alaryngeal speech evaluations
• Documents diagnostic findings, recommendations, and charging in the patient’s medical record on the same day as evaluation.
• Documents admission Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility- Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) ratings and goals, as required (IP rehab staff).
• Notifies referral source promptly of results and consults with them, and other staff, as necessary to facilitate best care and outcomes.
• Follows institution guidelines for appropriate cleaning of tools utilized, as needed.
• Ensures patient and/or caregiver education regarding communicative, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and/or swallowing disorders and relevant treatment options.
• Provides appropriate written and/or verbal counseling and education to patient and caregivers relative to recommendations, treatment options, and therapy carryover.
• Participates in patient and family conferences, as required.
• Documents education sessions in patient’s medical record on the same day as provision.
• Plans and conducts treatment programs for patients with communicative, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and/or swallowing disorders
• Satisfactorily completes and maintains all initial and ongoing clinical competency requirements for patient groups and areas served.
• Develops and implements individualized, functional, and measurable treatment goals, appropriate to evaluation findings and set goals.
• As appropriate, includes, but is not limited to, therapy utilizing Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation, NMES (IP rehab staff)
• Incorporates patient and caregivers in treatment goal planning.
• Modifies therapy strategies and provides periodic re-evaluation to determine and ensure effectiveness of treatment, and to update treatment goals.
• Coordinates management recommendations with outside resources that will be participating in continuing care upon patient discharge from inpatient.
• When appropriate, terminates formal treatment in an appropriate and timely manner.
• Documents therapeutic progress, and evolving plans and recommendations in the patient’s medical record, utilizing objective data and submitting documentation on the same day as therapy provision.
• Documents ongoing and discharge Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility- Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) ratings and goals, as required (IP rehab staff).
• Consults with medical team, and other staff, as necessary to facilitate best care and outcomes.
• Serves as speech pathology consultant to educational, medical, and other professional services
• Attends regular patient care rounds within primary area of practice
• Participates regularly within multidisciplinary teams.
• Interacts with other outside agencies as appropriate (for example, Vocational Rehabilitation, Assistive Technology).
• Provides and participates in in-service education and training of speech pathology interns and fellows, medical students/residents, and allied medical personnel
• Prepares and presents formal lectures to hospital staff on communication, cognitive-linguistics, feeding, and/or swallowing.
• Provides unique training for speech-pathology graduate interns, clinical fellows, and/or new team members within the department.
• Continuously seeks to maintain or improve patient care services and evaluates opportunities to develop new  services
• Efficiently coordinates and triages patient caseloads to ensure that all patient needs are met as quickly as possible, with minimized delays in diagnosis or therapeutic intervention. 
• Demonstrates flexibility in meeting patient/family and department/facility needs.
• Achieves and maintains required inpatient rehabilitation facility education (IP rehab).
• Identifies problems, contributes viable solutions, and readily adapts to change.
• Independently pursues knowledge and research relevant to areas of practice, and participates in in-service education programs to ensure proficiency in current techniques for the evaluation and treatment of all potential patients.
• Recommends new services and/or techniques to the inpatient Speech Pathology manager.
• Participates in peer review process.
• Evaluates options for augmentative/alternative communication and recommends and/or fits appropriate devices or prostheses to meet patient needs, as applicable
• Consults with Assistive Technology as needed.
• Performs appropriate evaluation services to assess augmentative/alternative communication options or vocal prostheses.
• Instructs patient and family in the use of such devices; providing short-term therapy services with the device, if needed.
• Monitors performance with fitted device.
• Provides re-evaluation services, as necessary, to change or upgrade devices.
• Ensures age/development appropriate patient care is provided in accordance with Age-Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
• Satisfactorily completes and maintains all initial and ongoing clinical competency requirements for patient groups and areas served.
• Achieves and maintains required inpatient rehabilitation facility education specific to age (IP rehab)
• Demonstrates knowledge of physical, motor/sensory, psychosocial, safety and developmental factors in the Age-Specific Care Guidelines.
• Utilizes communication skills in obtaining information, providing education, and conveying patient needs sensitive to age and developmental level of the individual patient/caregiver.
• Adequate performance on financial/budget and inpatient care expectations
• Meets or exceeds productivity target consistently each year.
• Maintains expected coverage on severe weather days, assigned weekends, and assigned holidays.
• Follows departmental guidelines for use of Benefit Time Off (BTO).
• Keeps Speech Pathology scheduler aware of availability and needs for assistance meeting patient care requirements (IP rehab).
• Consistently and appropriately hands off patient care information and pager coverage upon expected and unexpected absences
• Consistently and appropriately bills for services provided.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.