Speech Pathologist Clinical Consultant - ENT (Medical Center)

Overview

At Houston Methodist, the Speech Pathologist (SP) Clinical Consultant position is responsible for functioning as a licensed speech language pathologist and provides all aspects of patient care, including diagnosis, treatment and consultation while maintaining and promoting the health of the patient. This position evaluates and develops the therapy plan of care for a broad range of diagnoses and acuities on an outpatient basis. As an experienced Therapist, the SP Clinical Consultant position provides education to patients, patient's family members and collaborates with other health care professionals as needed for problem resolution and/or achievement of identified patient-specific goals. This position assists with development of best practices and process improvement initiatives, as designated.

Houston Methodist Standard

PATIENT AGE GROUP(S) AND POPULATION(S) SERVEDRefer to departmental "Scope of Service" and "Provision of Care" plans, as applicable, for description of primary age groups and populations served by this job for the respective HM entity.

HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS

• Provide personalized care and service by consistently demonstrating our I CARE values:
  • INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
  • COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional, ethical, physical, and spiritual needs.
  • ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our actions.
  • RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth, dignity, and value.
  • EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model for others to emulate.

• Practices the Caring and Serving Model

• Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards

• Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive Language (AIDET, Managing Up, Key Words)

• Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals involved in patients/customers or employees' experiential journeys to ensure strong communication, ease of access to information, and a seamless experience

• Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to the given job

• Actively supports the organization's vision, fulfills the mission and abides by the I CARE values

Responsibilities

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides consultative speech-language services, using active listening and teaching, in a clinic environment, across a broad range of diagnosis and acuities to identify patient's level of function. Assists in providing services to complex patient populations.

• Utilizes strong knowledge base, serving as a resource to colleagues, in teaching best therapy practice. Serves as speech subject matter expert and provides clinical resource expertise to clinic staff and providers.

• Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment such as mitigation of conflict. Uses peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of department score for employee engagement.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develops the plan of care and treatment plan based on evaluation findings and implements the speech therapy treatment plan.

• Provides education and training of techniques to patients and families for continuation and effectiveness of therapy when away from clinic. Refers established patients to physician if evaluation deems treatment requires additional medical evaluation or procedures.

• Provides review and evaluation services for physician's patients before clinic sets appointments for physicians to evaluate.

• Initiates improvements for department score on patient satisfaction, through peer-to-peer accountability to service standards.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Assesses patients in a clinical setting, monitors progress towards treatment goals, modifies goals, and plan or program. Recognizes complications/limitations associated with certain procedures and proactively addresses such for optimum outcomes.

• Leads and identifies opportunities for practice changes and performance improvement by providing recommendations. Assists in development of treatment protocols and best practice for certain population.

• Role models highly developed assessment, clinical documentation, leadership, and analytical skills; integrates and contributes to professional practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements in patient safety-related processes.

• Determines appropriate workload level to provide effective care of patients and meet clinica