Speech and Language Pathologists

at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Homewood, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Speech and Language Pathologists for Homewood, IL location. Plan, conduct, and evaluate programs designed to improve patients’ communication skills. Assess patients with communication problems and dysphagia of neurogenic origin, develop treatment programs, and modify treatment in accordance with patient progress. Review charts, interview patient/family, consult with physicians, audiologists, and other clinical professionals in order to evaluate patients’ conditions. Counsel patients and family members regarding communication deficits and instruct them in proper management techniques. Monitor patient progress, re-establish goals, revise treatment, and alert physicians to changes in the patients’ conditions. Evaluate current pain levels and history of recent pain experience; provide appropriate pain education and intervention in consultation with physician and pain specialists; and provide ongoing assessment of pain and implementation of tools for management. Maintain clinical records, including written diagnostic reports, progress reports, discharge summaries, re-evaluations, and rechecks, summarizing family and professional contact, and logging daily statistics and other clinical data.