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Clinical Specialist Speech Therapist , Speech Therapy

Full Time, 80 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 (https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/tn/parkwest-medical-center-6520530) 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.

+ + 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 area. 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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Job Title CLIN SPEC-ST

ID 4296146

Facility Parkwest Medical Center

Department Name SPEECH THERAPY