Speech Language Pathologist II, Outpatient/Acute Care, High Point

Speech Language Pathologist II, (80% outpatient, 20% acute rehab).

JOB SUMMARY:  

Independently provides a full range of differential diagnostic and therapeutic services to pediatric and/or adult main campus inpatients with wide ranging central or peripheral disorders of communication, cognitive-linguistics, feeding, and/or swallowing. Participates in regular team rounds and staff training. Provides consistent services despite severe weather and participates in team rotations through weekends and holidays to provide 365 day/year coverage.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:  

• Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology required.  
• Experience with Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES), Modified Barium Swallow Studies (MBS), ADN Passy-Muir Valves (PMV) strongly preferred.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:  

• Current license in Speech-Language Pathology issued by North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists (or temporary license for employee in Clinical Fellowship Year).  
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (unless in Clinical Fellowship Year).  
• Current certification from American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers, CPR and AED.  
• Non-violent Crisis Intervention Training (IP rehab staff).  
• Certification as a VitalStim Therapy Provider (IP rehab staff).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Performs comprehensive professional evaluations of patients of all assigned ages referred for differential diagnosis of communicative, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and/or swallowing disorders.
2. Follows hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
3. Ensures patient and/or caregiver education regarding communicative, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and/or swallowing disorders.
4. Serves as speech pathology consultant to educational, medical, and other professional services.
5. Provides and participates in in-service education and training of speech pathology interns and fellows, medical students/residents, and allied medical personnel. 
6. Continuously seeks to maintain or improve patient care services and evaluates opportunities to develop new services. 
7. Evaluates options for augmentative/alternative communication and recommends and/or fits appropriate devices or prostheses to meet patient needs, as applicable.
8. Ensures age/development appropriate patient care is provided in accordance with Age-Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
9. Adequate performance on financial/budget and inpatient care expectations.
10. Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to possess a strong, clinical interest and maintain versatility, creativity and adaptability
• Effective time management skills
• Minimum of "Meets Standards" on all clinical, HR, and institutional competencies or standards
• Ability to cross-cover other inpatient Speech Pathology areas or patient types, upon requested need and with limited notice
• Responds promptly to communication (e.g., e-mail, phone calls, pages)
• Maintains professional and effective interactions with management and staff

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

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