at Stoneybrook Retirement Community in Manhattan, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Job Summary
The Speech Pathologist is to assess, diagnose, treat and help prevent speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, fluency and other related disorders.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Comply with the Facility’s personnel, safety, and corporate policies and procedures.
- Report witnessed or reported allegations of resident abuse/neglect immediately to the Administrator or Director of Nursing.
- Reports to Corporate Director of Rehabilitation and facility Director of Rehabilitation Services.
- Treat residents, family members, visitors, and team members with dignity and respect.
- Maintain the confidentiality of all resident and family information.
- Report to work on time and as scheduled.
- Responsible for identification of patients demonstrating communication and swallow deficits.
- Responsible for evaluating the patient within one business day of written referral from the Doctor.
- After evaluating the patient, the therapist is responsible for planning and administering an appropriate treatment plan.
- Communicate with the referring physician and the rehabilitation team regarding the patient’s total treatment program.
- Maintain an accurate daily record of treatments given to patients including billing and charting.
- Follow weekly documentation guidelines for all residents treated.
- Provide in-service education to facilities, supportive staff, students and community.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Will attain an efficiency standard for delivery of speech language pathology services.
