Speech Language Pathologist

Company: CHI St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital
Location: Sugar Land
Posted on: September 14, 2021

Job Description:

Overview

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. & from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

If you are compassionate about healthcare and would like to impact patients every day, connect with CHI St. Luke’s Health Brazosport today to experience what it is like to collaborate with a talented healthcare team!

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft
• Adoption Assistance
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs
• Wellness Programs

The Speech Language Pathologist will assess present and potential problems, needs and resources of the patient utilizing standardized testing, observation and review of medical records. The Speech Pathologist will plan and implement patient treatment and administers therapy sessions according to the plan of treatment and patient tolerance levels.

• Evaluate hearing or speech and language test results, barium swallow results, or medical or background information to diagnose and plan treatment for speech, language, fluency, voice, or swallowing disorders
• Maintain proper documentation such patient information, initial evaluation, treatment, progress, and discharge
• Demonstrates competence with clinical skills necessary to provide care appropriately to all the patient groups served by the speech language pathology service
• Monitor patients' progress and adjust treatments accordingly

• Master’s Degree in Speech Pathology required
• SLP - CCC
• One year experience as a Speech Pathologist required 
• Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification (BCLS) Required
• Speech Language Pathologist License required

SLP:

related skills: speech production, speech rhythm,  speech fluency, stuttering, voice disorders, inappropriate pitch, harsh voice, cognitive communication impairments, attention impairments, memory loss, problem solving disorders, swallowing issues, feeding difficulties, vitalstim therapy, dysphagia, modified barium swallow studies, lee silverman voice treatment, lsvt loud, parkinson’s disease, myofascial release, manual techniques, facial nerve palsy, feeding and oral aversion, autism spectrum disorders, cleft palate, resonance training, aerophagia, gerd program, pre-laryngectomy counseling, tdlr, cancer, swallowing rehabilitation

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Keywords: CHI St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital, Sugar Land , Speech Language Pathologist, Other , Sugar Land, Texas