Req #: 0000208040
Category: Speech Therapy
Status: Per Diem
Shift: Day
Facility: RWJ New Brunswick
Department: Speech Therapy
Pay Range: $66.23 per hour

• Administers comprehensive diagnostic evaluations.
• Identifies and assesses communication and/or swallowing disorders by evaluating etiology, case history, and test results.
• Counsels patient/families regarding findings, treatment goals, progress, referrals, etc.
• Interprets and offers findings to physicians, etc. and determines the need for additional referrals.
• Provides thorough plan off treatment and appropriate therapy.
• Prepares clear, technically sound, accurate and comprehensive documentation to include findings, impressions, recommendations, progress and other patient-related concerns.
• Compiles accurate statistics, insurance forms, and charge sheets as necessary.
• Promotes inter-disciplinary consultation, completes continuing education for licensure and professional growth and provides in-service presentations as a ropriate.
• Timely response to professional concerns of a non-clinical nature (i.e.: telephone calls, response to student needs, and reply to correspondence.)
• Carries out principles of positive guest relations.
• Provides peer review, supervises clinical fellows or student interns.
• Applies knowledge of youth and development over the life span.
• Applies knowledge and skills necessary to provide age appropriate care.
• Assess data reflective of each patient’s status and interprets information needed in order to identify each patient’s age requirements relative to age-specific health care needs