Speech Pathologist

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Job Title

Speech Pathologist

Location

Stuart

Facility

Martin Health North

Department

MMS Rehab Speech Path-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

Job Code

000665

Shift

Days

Schedule

7:00am-6:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital is a fully integrated medical campus that includes diagnostic centers, outpatient surgery and a 24-hour emergency department   located   in the   state-of-the-art   hospital. Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital is part of the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit, multispecialty, academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education.      

A   Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) diagnoses and treats conditions that affect one’s ability to communicate and swallow. As experts in communication, these specialists assess, diagnose,   treat   and prevent speech, language,   voice   and swallowing disorders from birth through old age. Speech Pathologists can help patients improve their speech, open new communication   possibilities   and improve their ability to   comprehend   others, express oneself, communicate more effectively in social   settings   and swallow safely. This is a dedicated, collaborative team that will help you to advance your skills while supporting patients during their healing journey.   

A   PRN   caregiver in this position works 8-hour shifts between 7:00AM – 6:00PM, with flexibility on start/end times. T he s chedule is flexible.  A minimum of  4 weekend days per   8-week   period   and   1 major and 2 minor holidays per year   will be   required .  

Floating across all Martin Health sites will be   required , as needed.  

A caregiver who excels in this role will:   

• Evaluate patients and apply a wide variety of therapeutic techniques for the rehabilitation of patients with functional limitations,   impairments   and disorders.   

• Provide, interpret,   plan   and supervise patient evaluations and treatments   in accordance with   the   physician   referral, ensuring the care,   safety   and wellbeing of the patient.   

• Continually review the plan of care and make revisions as needed.   

• Prepare progress reports on all treatments in conjunction with departmental policies and procedures and report to the physician as needed.   

• Instruct and counsel medical staff and family members to   assist   the patient in treatment techniques.   

• Perform voice evaluations, treatment of various voice   disorders   and bedside swallow evaluations.   

• Demonstrate competency with the MBSs for adults and pediatrics.   

• Follow Code Blue and all protocols as per Clinic policy.   

• Adhere to National Patient Safety Goals as outlined by the Joint Commission.  

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:   

• Masters, Doctorate or SLP-D Degree from an accredited School of Speech-Language Pathology  

• Registered in the State of Florida  

• Current Speech-Language Pathology License (SP) from the State Board of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology or eligible   

• Speech Pathologist (SP) license in the state of Florida  

• Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) from the American-Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)    

• Externship experience  

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

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