Department: 31002000 Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Inpatient Acute Therapy Abbott Northwestern
Shift: Day (United States of America)
Hours: 20
Contract: Non-Union
Weekend Rotation: Alternative Weekend Plan
Job Profile Summary: 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.
Job Description:

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.
  • Make 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.
  • Manage their daily patient schedule.
  • Assists in maintaining an efficient clinic flow including assisting with scheduling, cleaning rooms and laundry.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Master's degree in Communication Disorders or Speech-Language Pathology required
• Licensed Speech Language Pathologist - MN Department of Health required if providing services in Minnesota upon hire or
• Licensed Speech Language Pathologist - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services required if providing services in Wisconsin upon hire and
• Certified Speech Language Pathologist - American Speech Language Hearing Association required upon hire and
• BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required within 60 Days
• Driver's license if providing services for Home Care and Hospice upon hire required

Physical Demands
Light Work:
Lifting weight Up to 20 lbs. occasionally, Up to 10 lbs. frequently

Additional Job Description:

0.5 FTE benefit-eligible

Acute care department

Work shifts will be every Wednesday and Friday, and every other Saturday

Includes a holiday rotation

This is a union represented position, but no collective bargaining agreement is yet in effect