Description

CRHC is looking for a Full or Part Time (up to 40 hours/week) to join our healthcare team. This position's hours and days are typically Monday through Friday, 8AM-4:30PM; hours may vary depending on needs. 

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

Responsible for Advancing Exceptional Care by prioritizing Safety and Quality in every aspect of patient care. This role is committed to fulfilling essential duties that enhance patient outcomes, operational efficiency, and overall healthcare standards, ensuring all actions align with the philosophy, goals, and objectives of Clarinda Regional Health Center (CRHC). By maintaining the highest level of care, this position supports CRHC’s dedication to fostering a safe, compassionate, and high-quality healthcare environment for our patients and community.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and/or Experience

·         Graduate Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Certificates, Licensure, Registrations

·         For job-specific certifications refer to the Education Certification Requirements by Job Category: Clinical

·         Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC-SLP) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association or currently pursuing Clinical Fellowship Experience

·         Licensure to practice as a Speech Pathologist by the Iowa Department of Public Health

WORK SCHEDULE & SHIFT REQUIREMENTS:

The facility operates 24/7; however, work schedules may vary based on departmental needs to ensure the highest standard of patient care and operational efficiency. Flexibility will be expected.

• Eligible for shift differentials where applicable. (Only listed on positions with shift differential)
• Position is classified as non-exempt and eligible for overtime in accordance with labor laws.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS:

This position involves a combination of physical activities necessary to perform essential job functions effectively. The employee should be able to:

• Sit, stand, and walk for varying lengths of time throughout the workday.
• Lift, push, pull, or carry light to moderate loads, with assistance available for heavier items.
• Use fine motor skills, including grasping, reaching, and handling equipment or materials as needed.
• Perform routine movements, such as typing, writing, or handling supplies.
• Bend, stoop, kneel, or crouch occasionally for job-related tasks.
• See and hear well enough to read documents, operate equipment, and communicate effectively.
• Work in a dynamic environment, adapting to occasional changes in pace or setting.

Reasonable accommodations will be considered to support individuals in performing essential job functions.

Summary

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

At CRHC, our core values—Compassion, Advancing, Relationships, and Exceptional—are at the heart of everything we do. These values drive our commitment to Advancing Exceptional Care, ensuring that we provide the highest quality care to our patients while supporting and empowering our team members. We believe in creating a compassionate environment where relationships are nurtured, collaboration is encouraged, and excellence is expected.

As a member of our team, you will embody these values in your daily work by:

·         Compassion: Demonstrating empathy and kindness in every interaction, recognizing the unique needs of our patients and colleagues.

·         Advancing: Embracing innovation, continuous learning, and striving for improvement in all aspects of patient care and team collaboration.

·         Relationships: Building trust through open communication and teamwork, fostering a supportive atmosphere that prioritizes respect and understanding.

·         Exceptional: Holding yourself to the highest standards, delivering superior care, and contributing to a culture of excellence that impacts both patients and colleagues.

Completes diagnosis and treats individuals with communication or swallowing disorders.

·         Uses written and oral tests, as well as special instruments, to diagnose the nature and extent of impairment and to record and analyze speech, language, and swallowing irregularities.

·         Develops an individualized plan of care tailored to each patient's needs.

·         Selects augmentative or alternative communication methods, including low-tech and high tech communication aids and sign language, and teach their use to individuals with little or no speech capability.

·         Teaches those with little or no speech capability how to make sounds, improve their voices, or increase their language skills to communicate more effectively.

·         Helps patients with communication disorders develop, or recover, reliable communication skills so patients can fulfill their educational, vocational, and social roles.

·         Teaches the use of low-tech and high-tech communication aids to support functional communication.

Implements intervention plans directly or in collaboration with others.

·         Adapts the environment, materials, and activities according to the needs of the individual and his or her social and cultural background.

·         Monitors the individual’s response to intervention and modifies the plan as needed.

·         Develops appropriate home and community programming to support performance and generalize within the individual’s natural environment.

Counsels individuals and their families concerning communication disorders and how to cope with the stress and misunderstanding that accompanies them.

·         Works with family members to recognize and change behavior patterns.

·         Interacts with other health care providers involved in the treatment of individuals seen for speech therapy services.

·         Interacts with family members and other individuals who are receiving speech therapy services.

Maintains complete and accurate records pertinent to patient initial evaluation, progress and discharge and ensures proper documentation and to be in regulatory compliance.

·         Attends and participates in family conferences, patient care conferences, medical rounds and as required by areas of services to establish goals, formulate discharge summaries and follow-up plans, including home programs.

·         Participates in setting and meeting departmental goals by participation in performance improvement projects, on-going program planning and implementation

Acts as consultant to other agencies.

·         Promotes healthy lifestyle practices for the prevention of communication, hearing, swallowing, or other upper aero-digestive disorders.

·         Fosters public awareness of speech, language, hearing, and swallowing, and other aero-digestive disorders and their treatments.

·         Advocates at the local, state and national level for access to and funding for services to address communication, hearing, swallowing, or other upper aero digestive disorders.

·         Develops protocols and procedures for intervention programs based on current speech-language pathology theory and practice.

Communicates effectively.

·         Communicates and collaborates effectively with other health team members regarding patient condition, patient satisfactions needs and recommendations for meeting identified outcomes.

·         Identifies and recognizes abnormal symptoms/changes in patient condition, established priorities, and reports condition changes to appropriate healthcare provider.

Promotes and ensures patient safety in performance of all responsibilities.

·         Administers treatments and procedures in a timely and safe manner according to healthcare provider’s orders and nursing policy.

·         Demonstrates proficient technical/clinical skills and operational knowledge of equipment.

·         Informs and involves manager regarding patient care issues in a timely and appropriate manner.

Participates in CRHC’S Quality program, committees, performance and quality improvement initiatives, and activities which support the facility and department operations.

·         Demonstrates a commitment to the practices of Quality Improvement (QI).

·         Regularly attends Department huddles

·         Completes tasks as outlined on Department Huddle Board

Quality Program Participation

·         Actively participates in CRHC’s Quality Program, committees, performance improvement initiatives, and operational support activities.

·         Demonstrates a commitment to Quality Improvement (QI) practices.

·         Regularly attends Department huddles.

·         Completes tasks as outlined on the Department Huddle Board.

Other Responsibilities

Performs additional duties as assigned to support the strategic initiatives of CRHC.