Number of Job Openings Available:
1
Date Posted:
November 21, 2024
Department:
31002031 Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Inpatient Acute Rehab Abbott Northwestern
Shift:
Day (United States of America)
Shift Length:
8 hour shift
Hours Per Week:
40
Union Contract:
SEIU-Interim-Abbott Northwestern Therapists
Weekend Rotation:
Every 4th
Job Summary:
At Allina Health/CKRI we offer Speech Language Pathologists the opportunity to make an impact on the lives of individuals in our community. Become part of a supportive team that values your expertise, fosters professional growth, and the resources to deliver exceptional care. You’ll find your purpose in helping others regain their independence, a culture of innovation, and the chance to be a vital part of a leading rehabilitation institute transforming lives every day.
Key Position Details:
- Full time position
- 8-hour, days shifts
- Every 4th weekend rotation
- SEIU represented position
Job Description:
Provides care that is appropriate, efficient, and effective patient care meeting the customer’s requirements for Speech Language Pathology. May include treatment for communication, cognitive or swallowing impairments.
Principle Responsibilities
- Provides therapy to patients.
- Assesses each patient, as related to the therapy requested on physician referral and provides reassessments.
- Gathers data including patient past and current health issues, systems review, selection of tests and measures to elicit additional information.
- Makes clinical judgments based on examination and data gathered to generate an accurate therapy diagnosis.
- Predicts optimal level of improvement and amount of time needed to reach that level.
- Uses reexamination to determine whether predicted outcomes and goals are reasonable and modifies as necessary.
- Involves patient and family in establishing goals of treatment.
- Designs implements and modifies therapeutic interventions.
- Uses re-examination to determine whether predicted outcomes are reasonable modifies as necessary.
- Coordinates, communicates, documents and bills per program, regulatory and professional standards.
- Accommodates selection of tests and measures and therapeutic interventions to the age of the patient or client.
- Makes referrals to other practitioners as appropriate.
- Selects and delegates appropriate tasks of the plan of care per professional guidelines.
- Supervises the therapeutic program and maintains oversight of the plan of care.
- Promotes rehab services by ensuring patient and physician satisfaction.
- Participates in performance improvement and process improvement activities for the department.
- Supports and promotes new services as requested.
- Provides ongoing input to enhance the services provided by the department.
- Develops and promotes new and current programs as requested.
- Assists co-workers in managing the teams’ productivity/performance targets.
- Manages their daily patient schedule.
- Assists in maintaining an efficient clinic flow including assisting with scheduling, cleaning rooms and laundry.
- Provide services across work areas as directed and as needed per patient volume.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in Communication Disorders or Speech-Language Pathology
Licenses/Certifications
- Licensed Speech Language Pathologist - MN Department of Health required if providing services in Minnesota upon hire
- Licensed Speech Language Pathologist - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services required if providing services in Wisconsin upon hire
- BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required within 60 Days
- Valid Driver’s License required upon hire - MN and WI residents must obtain a valid driver’s license in their state of residence within 60 days of employment if providing services for Home Care and Hospice
Physical Demands
- Light Work:
- Lifting weight Up to 20 lbs. occasionally, Up to 10 lbs. frequently