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Speech Language Pathologist - IRF PRN

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Mercy Health Rehabilitation Hospital

2024-11-06 01:38:47

Job location Youngstown, Ohio, United States

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: Healthcare & Medical

Job description

Description

Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, is building a new rehabilitation hospital in Youngstown, Ohio, Mercy Health Rehabilitation Hospital, Youngstown. Expected to open in 2024, this 60-bed, 66,000-square-foot, two-story, inpatient acute rehabilitation hospital operating jointly with Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Mercy Health, is more than a job. It's a chance to be a vital member of an interdisciplinary team caring for people in the Mahoning Valley who need continued care to recover completely.

Our benefits

New competitive pay rates

Various shift availabilities

Tuition assistance/reimbursement

Low therapist-to-patient ratios

Professional development and advancement opportunities

Targeted approach to career development

Strong interdisciplinary teamwork opportunities

Superior quality patient outcomes

Supportive leadership and culture

State-of-the-art equipment

What you will do in this role:

  • Performs patient assessment
  • Provides care in accordance with physician's orders and established plan of care
  • Assesses the effectiveness of treatment and modifies treatment to achieve goals
  • Plans for patient discharge. Communicates with patient, family, caregivers, significant other, and members of the healthcare team to achieve rehabilitation goals and promote maximum benefits of care
  • Participates in performance improvement and program development activities
  • Provides input into the budgetary planning process; contributing to cost effectiveness of services and programs provided by the department
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • A bachelor's and master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Communicative Disorders, or similarly title area that is consistent and acceptable to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • Possess or eligible for a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or be eligible
  • to participate as an ASHA Clinical Fellow (CFY)
  • Licensed or eligible for licensure in state
  • Current Basic Life Support/CPR card

Mercy Health Rehabilitation Hospital strives to maximize the health, function, and quality of life of those we serve through comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation programs. Our rehabilitation programs provide ongoing care and specialized treatment to patients throughout their recovery journey. We offer customized, intense rehabilitation tailored to the individual needs of those recovering from stroke, brain injury, neurological conditions, trauma, spinal cord injury, amputation, and orthopedic injury.

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