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Wilkes-Barre General Hospital- Speech Therapist- Days

Commonwealth Health

#Documentation #Interdisciplinary Team #Problem Solving #BLS #Patient Care #Healthcare #Safety Conscious #Speech Therapy #Evaluation

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The Speech Therapist will provide patient care, consultative, and educational speech therapy services while collaborating with the interdisciplinary health care team to enhance patient outcomes. This includes evaluating, administering, and documenting services according to the referring practitioner's prescription, establishing care plans, and reassessing patient progress.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess a Master's degree in speech-language pathology from an accredited institution and hold a current Pennsylvania State license as a Speech Language Pathologist. Preference is given to those with experience dealing with handicapped individuals and physical activity, along with required BLS certification before orientation completion.

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Position Purpose Provide patient care, consultative and educational speech therapy services.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary health care team to improve patient outcomes.
Evaluate, administer, and document speech therapy services provided as prescribed by the referring practitioner; establishes speech therapy plan of care and goals; re-assess patient’s progress at appropriate time frames; completes documentation supporting the need for speech therapy services Position Qualifications Education: Master’s degree in speech-language pathology or its equivalent from an accredited academic institution.
Experience/Specialized Skills/Aptitudes Preference for dealing directly with the therapeutic needs of handicapped individuals and for physical activity.
Teach/instruct; clerical accuracy; accuracy of prescriptions and procedures; manual and finger dexterity and motor coordination; interpersonal skills; analytical and problems solving skills; treatment and discharge planning; safety conscious; effective communicator.
Licenses/Certificates: Licensed speech language pathologist in the State of Pennsylvania.
BLS Required and must be completed prior to end of orientation period Please note: We cannot accommodate a clinical fellowship or applicants with a provisional license in this role.

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital- Speech Therapist- Days

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