Outpatient Speech Language Pathologist
Hi-Desert Continuing Care Center
Joshua Tree, CA
5x8 hrs
Sign-On Bonus

At Hi-Desert Medical Center (HDMC) we've been caring for our community for over 40 years. Our Continuing Care Center (CCC), located on the campus of HDMC, provides specialized care to residents close to their own communities, with spectacular panoramic views of desert landscapes for both residents and their guests 

The Continuing Care Center has 120 beds and offers three distinct levels of service in semi-private rooms: 

Subacute care: This is the highest level of care available in our long-term care setting. The CCC provides 25 beds dedicated to residents with ventilator and tracheostomy requirements. Clinical staff is specially trained to meet the unique needs of these patients. The CCC is one of the few facilities in Southern California providing this level of care. 

Skilled nursing care: We provide long-term skilled nursing care to residents who require assistance with personal and medical needs. Care is provided to our patients who require rehabilitative therapies, wound care or recovery from accidents or invasive procedures. 

Long-Term Care: We provide long-term care to residents who require assistance with personal and medical needs. 

**Up to $10,000 Sign on Bonus for Qualified Candidates**

Position Summary

Evaluates patients regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic techniques fro rehabilitation of speech, language, hearing, and oral motor disorders.

Primary Duties 

• Maintains established department policies, procedures, objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Gathers data related to patient’s communication disorder, selects appropriate evaluation tool(s) for the purpose of assessment, and administers diagnostic testing procedures to determine the extent of the patient’s impairment and the prognosis for improvement.
• Performs evaluations with special attention to receptive and expressive language skills, speech fluency, vocal and oral motor competence, articulation, auditory skills, cognitive linguistic skills and swallowing disorders.
• Develops and maintains long and short-term treatment goals for each patient.  Re-evaluates and modifies treatment programs as indicated.
• Maintains active and support communication with the patient regarding progress, problems, home programs and other issues related to the therapeutic process.
• Discusses patient care programs with other specialists, including nurses and physicians.  Notifies other specialists of recommendations regarding changing treatment programs or suggesting treatments not originally ordered by the physician.
• Serves as a resource to nursing and other disciplines.
• Prepares written documentation as required by the profession and the department.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, workshops and in-service meetings.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and competence in the care of the ill and/or dying adolescent, adult, geriatric and pediatric patients relative to determining each patient’s age related physical, psychological and cultural needs.

Minimum Education/Certification/Experience:

• Master’s Degree in speech-language pathology
• 2 Years of SLP experience
• Licensed as a Speech Pathologist in California
• California driver’s license and continuous insurance required

Preferred Experience/Availability

• Outpatient experience with preschool population and adults
• Availability to see adult patients in Acute/Skilled nursing environment

Shift: Days

Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm

Schedule: 6 shifts per 2 week pay period. 

 

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