- Where You’ll Work St.
- John’s Regional Medical Center, located in Oxnard, California is a recognized as a Top 250 Hospital in the Nation and as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care by Healthgrades.
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- John’s Regional is a part of Dignity Health’s Southern California Division and is a member of CommonSpirit Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in the nation, boasting an integrated network of top quality hospitals, with physicians from the most prestigious medical schools, and comprehensive outpatient services - all recognized for quality, safety, and service.
- Each hospital is supported by an active philanthropic Foundation to help meet the growing health care needs of our communities.
- Learn more here at www.dignityhealth.org/StJohnsRegional.
- One Community.
- One Mission.
- One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Speech Therapist, you will provide essential evaluation and therapeutic management for patients with speech, language, and/or cognitive disorders, improving communication, cognitive function, and quality of life.Every day you will conduct comprehensive assessments, develop individualized treatment plans, implement interventions, and monitor progress.
- You'll educate patients/families on strategies and goals, document encounters, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.To be successful, you will demonstrate strong clinical evaluation and therapeutic management skills.
- Excellent communication for patient/family rapport and team collaboration, a commitment to evidence-based practice, and patient advocacy are essential.
- Abuse Protection and Reporting: Identifies and reports patient abuse and neglect i.e.: physical assault, domestic abuse and neglect of elders and children.
Measurement
- Feedback, Chart Review, Observation.
- Annual
- Performance
- Evaluations: Conducts annual performance reviews as assigned by Therapy Manager/Supervisor and works to assist other speech therapists in improving job performance. (NA - per diem)
- Measurement: Feedback, Observation.
Assessment
Accurately identifies patient's functional deficits/dysfunction through review of the medical record, through observation of the patient, through information obtained from the patient/family, and through assessment of expressive/receptive language, motor speech, cognitive/linguistic hearing, voice and swallowing and other speech therapy assessment techniques.
