Provides diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders for more complex cases. Ensures compliance with standards and regulatory requirements. Oversees work of entry-level staff and supports community programs.
Essential Functions:
- Evaluates and administers diagnostic tests and provides individualized treatment to adults and children for a variety of communication disorders, voice and swallowing impairment, and neurological defects.
- Advises physicians and member/caregiver of test results.
- Collaborates with physician as treatment plan changes.
- Provides training for more junior therapists.
- Participates in developing in-service programs for staff development.
- Monitors the work of contract therapists and the treatment of patients in non-Kaiser facilities.
- Serves as a consultant on interdisciplinary teams.
- Develops, implements, and maintains department policies and procedures.
- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirement.
- Identifies and recommends opportunities to contain costs and improve services.
- Assists with community programs.
Secondary Functions:
- This position will provide diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders for patients in all areas of the medical center, including ICU and outpatient facility.
- Monitors quality of care and service.
- Recommends and implements appropriate treatments, monitors status of results and collaborates with physicians when altering or developing protocols and treatment programs.
- Provides a service for the Neurology Department doing out-patient cognitive testing as a screening tool for cognitive impairment.
-Acts as a resource in evaluating SNF patients.
- Ensures compliance with JACHO.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Previous experience as a Speech Therapist (usually two (2) years).
- Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology.
- Completion of a Speech Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) Internship required.
- Current California license required.
-BLS required. - - Certificate of Clinical Competence.
- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain an NPI prior to the employment start date.
-Knowledge of federal, state, andlocal requirements.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease, ALS, multiple sclerosis, dementia, traumatic brain injury, and strokes.
- Experience in acute settings and skilled with procedures, such as Modified Barium Swallow Studies, FEES, and working with trachs, vents and speaking valves. - Experience working in outpatient setting with adults, especially in providing voice therapy, including the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.