Job description

Calling all All-Star Speech Language Pathologist Recruits to a hiring event that is sure to knock this out of the park and have you running home to Lexington Medical Center! ( Sign-on Bonus Up to $15,000!)

Our recruiters are scouting out the Best of the Best! Come let your talent shine at Segra Park (Home to the Columbia Fireflies) on May 19th, 2023, 8am - 3pm.

***Walk-ins are welcome, but REGISTRATION is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to team you up with the best department of interest.

If you would like to attend our hiring event or be considered, please register by applying to this Indeed posting to have a member of Team LMC contact you.

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #2 in the state and #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina.

The 607-bed hospital anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs nearly 8,000 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices.

Job Summary

Provides diagnostic and therapeutic intervention to residents who demonstrate various degrees of severity and types of communication disorders, cognitive deficits with swallowing difficulty and functions as an interdisciplinary member of the Rehabilitation team. This position reports directly to the Director of Rehabilitation Services.

Minimum Qualifications

• M.S. Degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
• Certificate in Clinical Competence.
• Licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist by the State of South Carolina.
• Two (2) years’ experience in the field of Speech-Language Pathology.

Essential Functions

• Attends professional conferences and meetings.
• Assists with billing information and performs other routine clerical work as needed.
• Uses safe techniques for protection of residents and self in performing duties.
• Performs related and such other duties as may be assigned by authorized personnel or as required in an emergency, e.g. fire or disaster.
• Assists in maintaining a neat and safe department by straightening equipment, putting away supplies, calling housekeeping when necessary and making suggestions to better the appearance of the department.
• The employee is permitted to perform assigned duties in conformance with ASHA and the State of South Carolina standards.
• Responsible for high degree of accuracy and control of details. Thoroughness and reliability are essential because of the detailed nature of the work.
• Has contacts by phone, correspondence or personal meetings with persons in other departments or outside the facility; tact is required in the contacts and the employee assumes the responsibility for harmonious relationships.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Evaluates residents, develops treatment plans and administers Speech-Language Therapy treatments to residents upon referral by a physician. These services are provided to adult and geriatric residents with a goal of achieving greater than 75% of billable therapy minutes per total work hours per day.
• Records appropriate and accurate treatment data, resident progress notes and completes evaluation reports and discharge summaries for each resident in the electronic health record.
• Consults with other professionals regarding resident’s Speech-Language Therapy program to help coordinate and plan medical services.
• Attends admission family conferences to report treatment progress and education of treatment goals and recommendations.
• Instructs residents and their families in resident Speech-Language Therapy home program.
• Takes physician’s orders from physician offices and facility nursing staff and schedules residents for evaluation and treatments.
• Mandatory participation in the facility’s inservice education program (Relias).
• Maintains an optimistic and professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to residents, visitors, physicians and co-workers. Shows courtesy, compassion and respect. Conforms to facility Code of Ethics.
• Performs all other duties as assigned

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Healthcare setting:

• Inpatient
• Outpatient

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Education:

• Master's (Required)

Experience:

• Speech-Language Pathology: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Cert. of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (Required)
• licensure as Speech-Language Pathologist by SC (Required)

Work Location: In person

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