SPEECH PATHOLOGIST

Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California. Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care. Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

As our Speech Language Pathologist, you will be a vital clinician, expertly assessing, diagnosing, and treating communication and swallowing disorders to significantly improve patient quality of life.

Every day, you will conduct comprehensive evaluations for all referred patients, meticulously implementing individualized treatment plans. You'll contribute clinical expertise to develop/upgrade treatment programs/protocols, and actively shape departmental and organizational goals.

To be successful in this role, you will possess advanced clinical knowledge, exceptional diagnostic/therapeutic skills, and a compassionate, patient-centered approach.

• Patient Treatment Plans: Performs patient initial and reevaluations; establishes and implements treatment plan, accordingly. Administers treatment plan using accepted therapy procedures.
• Educates patient and/or caregiver: Teaches patient and/or caregiver in functional activities and treatment techniques of speech therapy as appropriate to meet their needs.
• Documents patients status and progress: Documents daily on the appropriate forms using clear and concise data. Records treatments accurately and communicates patient's status/progress on appropriate documentation.
• Other Staff Responsibilities: Communicates regularly with other members of the medical team regarding goals, progress, and rehabilitative potential. Works as a collaborative member of the treatment team. Actively supports the organization's mission, philosophy and strategic plan. Demonstrates good time management and priority setting.
• Compliance with policy and procedures: Complies with safety, infection control, CHW Integrity Program, and other organizational policies (90-day evals- department specific orientation checklists completed; annual evals -annual competency checklists completed). Maintains the standards of conduct as promulgated by the American Speech, Language, Hearing Association; adheres to the professional code of ethics in the performance of duties. Demonstrates specialized clinical knowledge and skills in an identified area of expertise. Complies with the organization's dress code. Arrives at work on time, as defined by the Attendance and Timeliness Policy. Attends work consistently, as defined by the Attendance and Timeliness Policy.

Required

• Speech Language Pathologist: CA, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days

Preferred

• Two years professional experience as aspeech therapist and
• working withadult and child language and speech disorders and swallowing and
• Newgraduates considered on individual basis.