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Speech Pathologist Career Opportunity

Welcome to Encompass Health: Where Compassion Meets Speech Therapy

Are you searching for a career that aligns with your passion and brings fulfillment close to home? At Encompass Health, we greet you like an old friend, fostering a sense of belonging right from the beginning. Imagine the chance to make a profound difference in your community by providing essential therapy and unwavering support to patients. Join our team as a Speech Pathologist and become a pivotal figure in assisting patients in overcoming speech and communication challenges. You'll find a supportive environment where small victories create monumental impacts and where you'll have access to cutting-edge technology while working for the nation's largest rehabilitation company. If this resonates with you, you're in the perfect place to make a meaningful impact.

A GlimpseintoOur World

Whether you're beginning your career or a seasoned Speech Pathologist looking for a nurturing environment to call home, we're confident you'll feel the difference the moment you join our team. Being a part of Encompass Health means being a part of a growing national inpatient rehabilitation leader. We take pride in our career growth opportunities and the collaborative spirit of our team members, united for the greater good of our patients. Our recognitions, including being named one of the "World's Most Admired Companies" and receiving the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® Award, make us immensely proud.

BenefitsThatBeginWith You

Our benefits are designed to support your well-being and startonday one:

• Affordable medical, dental, and vision plans for both full-time and part-time employees and their families.
• Generous paid time off that accrues over time.
• Tuition reimbursement and continuous education opportunities for your professional growth.
• Company-matching 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans, securing your financial future.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts tailored to your unique needs.
• A vibrant community of individuals who are passionate about what they do.

Embrace Your Role as a Speech Pathologist

Yourimpactfuljourney involves:

• Evaluating, assessing, developing, and administering personalized treatment plans for patients with speech and language rehabilitation needs.
• Identifying issues and modifying speech therapy treatment if necessary.
• Tracking and documenting patient performance, progress, and response to treatment.
• Celebrating patient victories along the way.

Qualifications

• Current licensure or certification required by state regulations.
• Successful completion of SLP Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC).
• CPR certification required or must be obtained within 30 days of hire.
• Master's degree preferred, or Bachelor's degree with field experience.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

Associates degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program. Licensed or eligible for license in the State of Texas. 0-3 years related experience.

JOB SUMMARY:

Provides occupational therapy services under the guidelines set by the Practice Act of the Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Advisors. Serves as a patient advocate assuring the delivery of occupational therapy meets legal, ethical and institutional standards while adhering to the philosophy, objectives, policies and procedures of the department and the organization.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• The Occupational Therapist Assistant provides treatment to patients relative to age, culture and condition in assigned clinical area.
• Documents patient treatment and progress, appropriately in the medical record. Documentation must meet peer review requirements.
• Communicates pertinent patient information with the supervising occupational therapist, patient, family members, physicians, team members, and other disciplines.
• Participates in rounds, clinics, and case conferences as assigned.
• Meets required competencies for assigned areas.
• Delegates duties and monitor service delivery appropriately to Rehabilitation Aides
• Supervises occupational therapy assistant students as requested. One year experience preferred.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

WORK SCHEDULE

Up to 19.99 hours per week with no benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Summary:

The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos, which originated in 1923 as Hays County Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital, opened at its current Wonder World Drive location in 1983. Our staff of more than 700 Associates works with more than 300 active and consulting physicians to provide quality services to patients and their families. For more than 20 consecutive years, we have been named The Best Hospital in Hays County in the annual “Best of Hays” publication released by the San Marcos Daily Record. In addition to interventional cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos is a Certified Chest Pain Center and an accredited Primary Stroke Center. We lead the region in da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery and offers a variety of specialty care services including medical imaging, rehabilitation, hospice, women’s services and more.

Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.
• Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
• Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments;
  monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
• Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
• Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers;
  identify issues and resources.

Job Requirements:

Education/Skills

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred

Experience

• 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• BLS required
• RN License in state of employment or compact

Position Requirements:

Education/Skills

• All newly hired experienced RNs must attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days of hire.
• New hires are precepted by a designated trained staff member and initial on-boarding requirements are validated through successful completion of the designated organizational entry competency validation and an Emergency Department- specific competency validation.
• All newly licensed RNs may participate in a residency program or other specific orientation. Skills completion and competency completion will be achieved with the preceptor at the bedside and documented through the program’s tracking software.
• Completion of all annual competency verification requirements.

Experience

• One year of experience in a related nursing specialty preferred.

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• Current ACLS certification required
• Current PALS certification required
• Current TNCC certification required

In accordance with the CHRISTUS Health License, Certification and Registration Verification Policy, all Associates are required to obtain required certifications for their respective positions within the designated time frame.

Credential Grace Periods:

If additional credentials are required per the Position Requirements section, a grace period to obtain the certification will apply, dependent on your experience level.

• Any Candidate/Associate with at least one year of acute care clinical experience in a similar service line within the past three years is considered an Experienced Associate.
• Any Candidate/Associate who does not have at least one year of full-time acute care clinical experience in the same service line within the past three years is considered an Experienced Associate New to the Specialty.

Grace Periods for
Experienced Associates

Grace Periods for
New Graduates & Experienced Associates New to the Specialty

Work Schedule:

MULTIPLE SHIFTS AVAILABLE

Work Type:

Full Time

Summary:

All pharmacists fill orders for drugs, monitor patient drug therapies and provide drug information. Pharmacists provide pharmacy services with compassion, excellence and efficiency. In addition, level II pharmacists participate in management of patient pharmacotherapy and quality medication management within assigned service lines.

Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.

Operational Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares and dispenses drug orders per physician request according to established policies, procedures and protocols.
• Interprets drug orders (verbal and written) and transcribes/verifies into computerized patient medication record accurately. Maintains, accurate, complete patient drug record.
• Compounds and dispenses pharmaceuticals including non-sterile and sterile products, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition products accurately.
• Issues controlled substances to patient care areas and maintains records as required by law and institutional policies.
• Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion.
• Supervises and directs pharmacy support personnel. Verifies the daily activities of pharmacy technicians
• Maintains competency required for current job title/position
• Maintains current pharmacist license. Ensures applicable CE records and licensure are maintained in department files. Attends staff meetings.
• Completes all competency/skills assessment requirements.
• Provides analysis of medication use processes and contributes at least one related project per year.
• Ambulatory care Pharmacist
• Provides ambulatory pharmaceutical care services utilizing approved protocols and/or collaborative agreement with other providers, including managing patient drug therapy, anticoagulation management, providing patient education, and preparing and/or overseeing the preparation and dispensing of medications. Performs duties in the clinical areas assigned such as but not limited to: anticoagulation clinics, intensive medical home, transition of care, Discharge Medication reconciliation, etc.

Clinical Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures safe, appropriate, cost effective drug therapies for patients according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Monitors drug therapy regimens for contraindications, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, allergies and appropriateness of drug and dose.
• Assists with pharmacokinetics consult service and renal drug dosing per hospital protocol.
• Reads, extracts and interprets information in patient medical records accurately.
• Detects and reports suspected adverse drug reactions accurately and in a timely manner.
• Sustains the hospital drug formulary, minimizing non-formulary procurements, utilizing therapeutic substitution protocols and promoting rational drug therapy selection.
• Provides clinical consultation and clarification to practitioners as appropriate.
• Provides accurate, adequate and timely drug information to the hospital’s professional staff.
• Provides drug education to patients and their families per institutional protocol.
• Participates in the quality improvement and medication use review activities of the department. Collects data, conducts monitors and inspections and maintains logs, records and other documentation as assigned.
• Conducts designated interventions as defined in department Clinical Intervention activities (IV to PO, Renal Dosing, Pharmacokinetic dosing support, Anticoagulation)
• Baseline departmental standards for reporting interventions for clinical productivity as defined by departmental goals.
• Participates in antibiotic stewardship, opioid stewardship, and shortage management activities as assigned
• Attends interdisciplinary rounds when assigned
• Provides services efficiently and in a timely fashion
• Contributes to the advancement of the pharmacy department and medication management of the organization through (minimum):
• Precepting of pharmacy residents and students
• Assessment of new and ongoing pharmacist competencies
• In-service of pharmacy and/or nursing staff (1 per year)
• Participates in departmental or sub-committees as assigned
• Completes 1 clinical project per year

Occupational Hazards

• Potential for exposure to hazardous and toxic substances (including chemotherapeutic, cytotoxic drugs and cleaning solutions), sticks or cuts by needles and other sharp items.
• Risk 0 exposure category.
• Potential for musculoskeletal injuries if proper lifting and carrying techniques are not used.
• Potential exposure to biologic material when participating in direct patient care activities (e.G. patient education, code attendance).

Job Requirements:

Education/Skills

• Doctor of Pharmacy or BS Pharmacy degree required.
• One of the following required: BPS Board Certification, Residency, Fellowship or at least 5 years of hospital experience.

Experience

• PGY-1 and PGY-2 residency completion, Board certification, or 5 years hospital experience required at hire.

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• Pharmacy registration in the State of practice.
• Must have pharmacy State licensure within 60 days of start date.
• Pharmacist preceptor within 90 days.
• BLS or ACLS and PALS (pediatric practice) within 180 days of start date.
• Must accrue ASHP Residency Preceptor status within 180 days of hire (for Ministries with Residency programs).

Work Schedule:

TBD

Work Type:

Full Time

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