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Overview
Clinical Specialist Speech Therapist, Speech Therapy
Full Time, 72 hours per pay period, Day shift
Parkwest Overview:
Headquartered in Knoxville, Covenant Health is a community-owned integrated healthcare delivery system and the area’s largest employer.
Parkwest is Covenant Health’s and West Knoxville’s premier medical facility and a top-performing heart hospital, offering our patients world-class treatment with all the convenience and warmth of home.
In addition to providing the area’s leading cardiac services, Parkwest has been nationally recognized for award-winning care throughout our facility. For 2020-21, Parkwest received recognition from U.S. News & World Report as one of the “Top 10” hospitals in Tennessee.
Knoxville located in East Tennessee is the third largest in the state, well-known for its proximity to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and is the home of the University of Tennessee. Go Vols! Living in Knoxville means experiencing all four seasons. Best of all, each of them is pretty mild!
Combine all that with the abundant natural beauty of the surrounding mountains, and you have a city that truly offers something for everyone. Knoxville has a vibrant arts culture, seasonal festivals, top-notch foodie and incredible outdoor recreation. It’s a perfect blend of big-city amenities and Southern charm.
Position Summary:
Under general direction, plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for speech therapy patients. While maintaining a patient load, assumes additional responsibility of program development, staff training and orientation, and consultation in area of expertise for fellow staff members.
Recruiter: Kathleen Rice || [email protected]
Responsibilities
- Advanced clinical practice – including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients.
- Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
- Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs and discharge planning.
- Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
- Serves as resource person for staff and senior staff on an ongoing basis.
- Provides 8 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes:
- Peer counseling /Mentorship
- Community lectures/Volunteer
- Orientation of new staff in area of specialty
- In-services/Case Studies
- Lunch and Learns
- Development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based practice:
- Evidence base practice protocols
- Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team
- New policy development
- QI/QA
- Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
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- Meets established targets for:
- Quality/outcome measures
- Service/patient satisfaction measures
- Financial/productivity measures
- Growth/patients-per-day measures
- Demonstrates leadership including but not limited to:
- Development and implementation of new and current programs.
- Participates in training, orientation and supervision of support staff.
- Participates in orientation of new licensed staff in area of specialty
- Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.
- Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.
- Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health.
- Complete partnering activities per established targets per month.
- Physician office visits
- Community lectures/volunteer
- Case Manager visits/marketing
- Provide in-services
- Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education
None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience
Four (4) years of experience with a minimum of three (3) years in specialty are Professional organization membership preferred
Licensure Requirement
Must have and maintain Tennessee State Speech Pathology Licensure, with achievement of at least one (1) of the following at time of hire or placement in the position:
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- Advanced degree in specialty area
- Advanced degree associated with specialty area
- Professionally recognized certification in specialty area
- 100 hours (10 CEU’s) of continued education
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