PRN Speech Pathologist - Post Acute Brain Injury

With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center ranked by Evaluates patient’s speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing abilities and develops a Plan Of Care that is individualized towards the patient’s cognitive-linguistic and/or swallowing capabilities to maximize their functional independence and safety.
Plans and delivers education and training so that the patient and/or caregiver understand the patients current cognitive-linguistic and /or swallowing capabilities and how these clinical recommendations can impact the patient’s environmental and safety needs.
Will participate in education programs by teaching and/or supervising students. Performs other duties as required/requested. Placement within programs will depend on prior experience with given population and/or successful completion of identified clinical competencies.
* Basic computer skills.
* Effective time management skills.
* Knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for speech, language, cognitive, swallowing impairments.
* Able to design a plan of caregiver that is patient centered with ability to address functional needs based upon the patient and caregiver environment of care.
* Successful completion of identified core competencies pertinent to specific treatment setting as it relates to age specific patient needs (i.e. adolescent, adult and geriatric)
* Demonstrates competency in time management, organization, planning to manage and maintain the demands of patient care caseload and all corresponding job responsibilities.
* Takes initiative for personal and clinical growth via opportunities for continuing education and maintaining licensure and certification.
* Communicates effectively using timely verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
* Collaborates with the organizational support structure (ST Therapy Manager, Program manager and/or director) in adapting to the changing work demands and environment.### Get In Touch
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