Speech Therapist-Speech Therapy- Full Time Days

Updated: Apr 14, 2024
Location: Fountain Valley
Job Type:
Department: Speech Therapy-FVR

Speech Language Pathologist

Rehab. Services

Essential Job Functions

Provides Speech Therapy Services under the orders of a qualified individual.

1. Evaluates patients effectively for therapy services within 24 hours of receiving orders. 

2. Obtains orders/makes recommendations for changes in treatment plan with M.D. 

3. Assesses, plans, implements treatment plan per policy guidelines and identified patient needs. 

4. Completes documentation accurately per Title 22 (evaluation, wkly note, and discharge note).

5. Attends interdisciplinary clinical meetings/rounds as necessary. 

6. Delegate’s portions of therapy appropriately to appropriate support staff for overall department efficiency. 

7. Makes a recommendation for next level of care. 

8. Includes patient/family goals consistently for all patients. 

9. Demonstrates a complete knowledge of body mechanics to avoid injury to self or patients. Uses safety and care in transferring, lifting, walking and gait training of patients. 

10. Demonstrates ability to provide care to pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric age groups. Has good working knowledge of development sequence.

Financial Information

Therapist will consistently meet billing and productivity expectations.

1. Billing in completed accurately (matches treatment notes) on a daily basis. Therapist ensures this information in entered daily before the end of the business day. 

2. Productivity standard is met consistently on a daily basis. 

3. Minimal to no overtime is required for shifts 

4. No delinquent documentation.

Continuing education/involvement with students: 

Therapist will strive to continuously add to knowledge base and encourage the same with other staff members.

1. Attends at least two seminars per year to improve clinical skills. May use .edu as one of the seminars. 

2. Provides at least one in service per year for Clinical information.