RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1. As necessary or applicable, supervision of CFYs temporary licensees, students and support
personnel in accordance with state licensure requirements and professional standards.
2. Responsible for adherence to department and patient treatment schedule, timely clinical and billing
documentation requirements as well as work related meetings.
3. Attends and contributes to patient care, staffing conferences and other related meetings.
4. Makes referrals to other disciplines, agencies in order to address the comprehensive needs of the
patient.
5. Consults with other members of the rehabilitation team and the physician to select the most
appropriate therapeutic regimen consistent with the needs and capabilities of each patient.
6. Adapts program and/or plan of care according to the needs of the individual patient.
7. Promotes a safe environment and enforces the elimination of fire and safety hazards.
8. Orders supplies and equipment as necessary.
9. Cleans, maintains, identifies, and reports the need for repair of equipment, as necessary.
10. Puts Patient Service first, ensuring that residents and families receive the highest quality of service
in a caring and compassionate atmosphere which recognizes the individual’s needs and rights.
11.Screens, examines and evaluates patients, including history, systems review, and application of
appropriate tests and measures, synthesis information and interprets examination findings in order
to establish a diagnosis, identify impairments, determine the predicted level of improvement and
the me required to achieve it, identify precautions//contraindications and design and plan of care.
Develops appropriate treatment goals and methods in collaboration with the patient and
caregivers, implements the speech language pathology treatment plan, and completes all related
documentation and record keeping regarding these services. Services include but are not limited to
application of therapeutic techniques in areas such as:
● cognitive-communication
● speech intelligibility
● oral motor skills
● swallowing disorders/dysphagia
● perceptual abilities
● orientation
● memory
● pragmatics
● psychosocial expression
● functional communication
● case management skills in the home and community
12. Coordinates the acquisition of adaptive communication devices and instructs patients in their use.
13. Facilitates identification of hearing deficits and appropriately refers for assessment, diagnosis
rehabilitation and/or personal amplification.
14. Selects appropriate activities suited to the individual’s physical and mental capacity, intelligence
level and interest.
15. Instructs patients in the skills and techniques required for participation in therapeutic activities, and
evaluates patient progress, attitudes and behavior as related to rehabilitative potential.
16. Performs routine reexamination as needed/required to modify/progress plan of treatment.
17. Coordinates care in the home and community with other members of the interdisciplinary team in
collaboration with the referring physician.
18. Performs other related dues as required.