Speech I Inpatient- Per Diem- San Diego County Float

Responsibilities

• Required Qualifications
• Other Graduate of an approved professional school of Speech Therapy, or graduate of an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in Speech Therapy or equivalent.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Requirements

• 1 Year Experience in all aspects of speech therapy.
• Essential Functions
• Department development
• Actively participates in departmental goals and the advancement of rehab initiatives. Collaborates with Rehab leadership in clinical and operational projects.
• Participates in departmental activities, such as CQI, staff meetings, and chart review.
• Participates in committees and system wide activities when requested as departmental representative.
• Participates in any plan to improve customer satisfaction including AIDET and SHARP EXPERIENCE
• Documentation
• Documents and enters all elements of patient management.
• Documentation is completed in a timely, complete, legible, concise and accurate manner.
• Documentation follows Sharp HealthCare guidelines, professional guidelines, and meets third-party payor and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains records pertinent to departmental operations.
• Completes all documentation elements as appropriate (Interdisciplinary Plan of Care, Education record, billing, discharge plan, and others).
• Operational efficiency
• Promotes constructive working relationships and works effectively as a part of the team to facilitate its ability to meet its goals and objectives, for efficient departmental functioning and optimal care delivery.
• Communicates patient care and departmental issues.
• Accepts changes and demonstrates flexibility when asked regarding work schedules and assignments.
• Completes additional assignments in a timely manner.
• Offers suggestions for resolving operational issues within the department.
• Participate in committees and system wide activities.
• Provides unit specific information to students, floats, and travelers/registry personnel.
• Maintains departmental cleanliness and safety.
• Actively sets priorities and adjusts to unscheduled situations.
• Completes all regulatory requirements.
• Takes initiative in using time effectively.
• Meets productivity standards established by department leadership.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds, staffing and/or PT conferences as required at various levels of care. When functioning in NICU therapist will attend weekly NICU rounds as required.
• Patient care
• Evaluates and treats patients within the scope of care in a manner that is cost-effective and appropriate to the patient's diagnosis, age and culture.
• Designs, implements an appropriate treatment plan and evaluates treatment effect, recommending changes to physician as needed.
• Assesses patient pain that interferes with optimal level of function or participation in rehabilitation; and provides intervention.
• Performs an appropriate assessment on all patients as related to the therapy requested and provides information and feedback and reassesses as per policy.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning; family is included

Benefits

Additional Information

Hours : Shift Start Time: Variable Shift End Time: Variable AWS Hours Requirement: 8/40 - 8 Hour Shift Additional Shift Information: Weekend Requirements: As Needed On-Call Required: No Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum): $50.720 - $65.450 - $73.310 The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position. The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

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