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Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

**Location:** Plainsboro, NJ

Hours:** Available to work 1 Saturday per month. 1 weekday 9am -3pm ( **Monday or Friday** ) per week. **No evenings required.

*** Unfortunately, we are not offering clinical fellowships at this time. License is REQUIRED for this role.

***Able to attend a mandatory initial onboarding training as well which consists of up to 2 weeks depending on Acute Care experience.

Credentials:

+ Speech Language Pathologist (Required)

+ Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)

+ Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification - required

Education or Equivalent Experience:

+ Master of Arts or Science (Required)

+ Master’s Degree in Speech Therapy - required Two (2) to four (4) years working as an Speech Therapist - preferred

Responsibilities:

+ Professional Speech Therapy Services

+ Confidentiality: The Speech Therapist maintains standards of confidentiality.

+ Ethics: The Speech Therapist integrates ethical provisions in practice by delivering care that protects the autonomy, dignity, and rights, of persons served thereby serving as a patient advocate and reporting illegal, incompetent and impaired practices.

+ Professional Practice Evaluation: The Speech Therapist evaluates one’s own practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.

+ Health Teaching/Health Promotion: The SpeechTherapist provides health teaching using methods appropriate to the situation and to the persons served developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language preference and culture. Health teaching addresses such topics as: healthy lifestyles, risk-reducing behaviors, developmental needs, activities of daily living and preventative self-care. SpeechTherapist documents the teaching provided and evaluates the effectiveness of strategies used through persons served feedback.

+ The Speech Therapist assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs; instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; recommending and/or providing assistive equipment; recommending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.

+ Quality of Practice: The Speech Therapist systemically enhances the quality and effectiveness of occupational therapy practice by participating in Performance Improvement activities and using the results to initiate creative and innovative changes in occupational therapy practice and in the healthcare delivery system.

+ Education: The Speech Therapist demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning through self-identification of learning needs, by participating in ongoing educational activities, and by seeking experiences that reflect current practice in order to maintain skills and competence. The Speech therapist maintains her own records that provide evidence of competency and lifelong learning.

+ The Speech Therapist possesses the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to meet patients’ physical, psychological and social needs with those growth and development levels/patient populations served within the department.

+ The Speech Therapist participates in unit compliance as related to established standards; and accepts other duties and projects as assigned.

+ Care Delivery

+ Assessment: The Speech Therapist collects and documents comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation, in a systematic and on-going process. The Speech Therapist will use appropriate evidence-based assessment techniques in collection of data. The Speech Therapist will provide culturally responsive and holistic patient care in a caring, therapeutic environment while involving the persons served and family in managing their care.

+ The Speech Therapist must understand and accurately perform the Functional Independence Measure Tool (FIM) on all persons served.

+ Diagnosis: The Speech Therapist analyzes the assessment data to determine diagnoses or issues. The Physical Therapist validates the diagnoses or issues with the persons served and healthcare team as appropriate. The Speech Therapist documents diagnoses or issues that facilitates the plan of care and expected outcomes.

+ Planning: The Speech Therapist develops and documents an individualized plan of care considering patient characteristics or the situation. The plan prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes. The Occupational Therapist develops the plan in conjunction with persons-served/family and healthcare team, and utilizes the plan to guide those involved in the care of the patient across the continuum.

Credentials:

+ Speech Language Pathologist (Required)

+ Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)

+ Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification - required

Education or Equivalent Experience:

+ Master of Arts or Science (Required)

+ Master’s Degree in Speech Therapy - requiredTwo (2) to four (4) years working as an Speech Therapist - preferred

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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