Adventist Health is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist Lead for a job in Armona, California.

Job Description Requirements

• Specialty: Speech Language Pathologist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

Located in a tight-knit community in Kings County, Adventist Health Hanford has been serving the Central Valley since 1965. We are comprised of a 173-bed hospital and many outpatient clinics with primary and specialty care services. Hanford residents are proud of their citys historic charm and family-friendly atmosphere. Within an hours travel time, Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks can be enjoyed.

Adventist Health is seeking a motivated lead speech language pathologist to join our inpatient rehabilitation team in Hanford, CA. Enjoy an excellent team environment within our Central Valley Network of hospitals working with highly skilled and collaborative physical, occupational, and speech therapists. This position will oversee our inpatient speech therapy teams at our 4 Central California Adventist hospitals, work closely with the Rehab Director and lead physical and occupational therapist ensuring high quality patient care is delivered. Along with overseeing the speech department throughout our 4 hospitals, providing patient care, and being involved with the growth of speech services this position will be responsible for the supervision of SLP-CFY students to allow for the growth of our speech department. You wont find a better employment opportunity than this one, which promotes personal and professional growth, a healthy work-life balance, and a friendly and supportive team atmosphere. Plus, you will never be asked to take work home with you!

Benefits include:

Sign on Bonus: $10,000 for new AH employees

Student Loan Reimbursement: Up to $20,000 for new AH employees

Continuing Education Reimbursement: $1,500 annually

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Retirement: 403(b), employer basic contributions and matching contributions

Job Summary:

Understands, meets and complies with professional qualifications required for speech, language and swallowing pathology specialties. Provides professional speech therapy services to patients, including evaluations, treatment plans, realistic and time-oriented functional outcome goals, direct patient treatment and discharge criteria.

Job Requirements:

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent: Required
• Masters Degree: Preferred
• Doctorate Degree: Preferred
• Two years leadership experience: Preferred
• Two years experience in acute care facility:Required

Licenses/Certifications:

• Speech Pathologist licensure in the state of practice: Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification: Required
• American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC): Preferred

Essential Functions:

- Provides clinical and professional mentorship to department staff members.

- Serves as a supervisor for SLP-CFY students.

- Performs Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Studies.

- Evaluates and treats patients to promote, maintain and improve treatment programs and protocols.

- Ensures clinical skills meet high standards through continual educational opportunities.

- Acts as a departmental clinical resource, especially in the absence of coordinators and managers.

- Completes comprehensive and accurate clinical documentation within established deadlines.

- Completes evaluations to ensure quality standards and addresses assessment areas that require attention.

-Uses appropriate clinical techniques and tools, establishes individualized treatment plans for patients and completes necessary documentation.

- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

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Organizational Requirements:

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

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Adventist Health Job ID #42301. Posted job title: lead speech language pathologist, full time, inpatient, hanford

About Adventist Health

Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit, integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 400 sites of care, including 26 acute care facilities. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care, and hospice agencies in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of 37,000 includes employees, physicians, allied health professionals and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living Gods love by inspiring health, wholeness, and hope. We are committed to staying true to our heritage by providing patient-centered, quality care. Together, we are transforming the healthcare experience with an innovative and whole-person focus on physical, mental, spiritual and social healing to support community well-being.

Benefits

• Continuing Education
• Bereavement
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Health Care FSA
• 403b retirement plan
• Employee assistance programs
• Life insurance
• Holiday Pay
• 401k retirement plan
• Sick pay
• Health savings account