Title: Speech Therapist Specialist
Location: Oakland, CA
Develops and expands speech therapy programs, provides treatment of communication disorders and monitors contract therapists. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local requirements. Monitors quality of care and service.
Essential Functions:
- Evaluates and administers diagnostic tests and provides individualized treatment to adults and children for a variety of communication disorders, voice and swallowing impairment, and neurological defects.
- Assists in departmental scheduling, billing, and monitoring of services/quality of care. Recommends and implements appropriate treatments. Monitors status of results, and collaborates with physicians when altering treatment program. Supervises and trains junior therapists and CFY candidates.
- Monitors the work, quality and costs of contract therapists and the treatment of patients in non-Kaiser facilities. Serves as a consultant on interdisciplinary teams. Acts as a resource in evaluating SNF patients.
- Serves as clinical expert in at least two specialized areas (e.g., pediatric speech, traumatic brain injury). Ensures compliance with The Joint Commission, federal, state, and local requirements.
- Develops protocols and treatment programs within specialized areas.
- Assists with community programs, particularly in areas of expertise.
- Develops and presents in-service programs in area of specialty.
Secondary Functions:
- Provide patient and caregiver training.
- Supervision of SPL, students.
- Coordination of services for patients with other KP facilities, schools, CCS, community services.
- Program development for department clinical services, for education and training of Pedi Rehab therapists as well as NCAL region SPL CCC, and other administrative tasks as delegated by Physician lead and Director
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Significant experience as a Speech Therapist (usually 4 years).
- Previous supervisory/leadership experience preferred.
- Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology.
- Completion of a Speech Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) Internship required.
- Current California license required.
- Certificate of Clinical Competence.
-BLS required.
- Specialized training in areas of expertise.
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local requirements.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years full time experience with pediatric patients in the hospital and/or clinic setting.
- CCS paneled or eligible.
- Advanced certification in swallow, hand, and modality.
- Additional continuing education in specialty area - NDT, NOMAS, Autism, Developmental Delay, Augmentative Communication, MBS, Feeding etc.
- Experience mentoring staff and students, resource to peers and other disciplines, teaching in the facility/organization/community.
- Excellent customer service skills, high mps scores.
