Employment Type:
Part time
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Description:
POSITION PURPOSE
Provides differential diagnosis of speech and language disorders and provides appropriate therapeutic intervention to maximize communication ability. Active participation is required in department in-services and educational programs. The Speech-Language Pathologist consults with, advises, reports to and is responsible to the Manager of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provides evaluation and diagnosis of speech, language, swallowing and cognitive-communication disorders.
Designs and implements individual treatment plans.
Counsels patients and their families concerning social, behavioral and psychological problems associated with communication and swallowing disorders.
Provides thorough documentation of test data and Speech-Language progress.
Provides patient and family recommendations and referrals to appropriate health, educational and vocational sources.
Participates in patient conferences when appropriate and communicates with individual members of medical staff concerning patient treatment as necessary.
Organizes and participates in education activities for patients, their families, and other health personnel.
Provides direction for graduate student affiliates and volunteers.
Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field by reading the appropriate literature and attending professional conferences. Assists manager in the development of new policies, procedures and programs.
Provides quality patient care considering age specific, developmental and cultural needs through competent practice and application of the speech-language pathology profession.
REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE
Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, serving diverse communities that include more than 30 million people across 22 states. Trinity Health includes 94 hospitals, as well as 109 continuing care locations that include PACE programs, senior living facilities, and home care and hospice services. Its continuing care programs provide nearly 2.5 million visits annually.
Based in Livonia, Mich., and with annual operating revenues of $17.6 billion and assets of $24.7 billion, the organization returns $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.
Committed to those who are poor and underserved in its communities, Trinity Health is known for its focus on the country's aging population. As a single, unified ministry, the organization is the innovator of Senior Emergency Departments, the largest not-for-profit provider of home health care services - ranked by number of visits - in the nation, as well as the nation's leading provider of PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly) based on the number of available programs. For more information, visit www.trinity-health.org . You can also follow @TrinityHealthMI on Twitter.