Speech Therapist - Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital
- Roper St. Francis
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Full Time
Thank you for considering a career at** **Roper St. Francis Healthcare!**
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
0.01
**Work Shift:**
Days/Afternoons (United States of America)
**Location: Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital - Charleston SC (West Ashley area)**
**Shift: As needed 8:00am-5:00pm**
**Primary Function/General Purpose of Position**
The Speech Language Pathologist works to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults. They perform patient evaluations, and re-evaluations, regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic techniques with special attention to receptive and expressive language skills, speech fluency, vocal and oral motor competence, articulation, and auditory skills. The Speech Language Pathologist establishes patient treatment plans based upon the referral from the physician/referral source.
**Essential Job Functions**
+ __ Reviews physician referral, patients condition, and medical history to determine speech and language therapy treatment needs.
+ Performs and documents patient evaluation, re-evaluation and develops treatment and discharge plans based on patient history, signs and symptoms and evaluative tests/tools.
+ Plans and administers medically prescribed speech language pathology treatments to patients.
+ Plans rehabilitative treatment programs based upon physician prescription and evaluation data to treat disorders of verbal written language, voice articulation, fluency interactive communication, mastication, deglutition, auditory and/or visual processing and memory and cognition / communication.
+ Instructs and/or trains patient and family/caregiver in treatment procedures to continue at home.
+ Modifies treatment goals and plan of care as appropriate. Communicates with other health team members. Involved with patient care conferences as appropriate.
+ Instructs, motivates, and assists patient and family to perform various speech activities.
+ Responsible for overall management of patient cases including communication and coordination of care with treatment team.
+ Precepts in the direction and evaluation of clinical experience / internship of students from participating colleges or universities.
+ Orients, instructs and directs the work activities of Clinical Fellowship Year, aides, students and volunteers set forth in policies and procedures.
+ Attends and participates in scheduled meetings and in-services. Attends and provides in-services to department staff to share specialization of knowledge and continuing education.
This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
**Licensing/Certification**
Licensed as a Speech Language Pathologist in the state of current practice (required)
Certificate of Clinical Competence Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) (preferred at hire, required within one year)
BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, required within 30 days for BSMH, required at hire for RSFH)
**Work Experience**
2 years of experience in equivalent setting (preferred)
**Training**
None
Roper St. Francis Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer.
Many of our opportunities reward* your hard work with:
+ Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
+ Prescription drug coverage
+ Flexible spending accounts
+ Life insurance w/AD&D
+ Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
+ Paid time off
+ Educational Assistance
+ And much more
*Benefits offerings vary according to employment status.
**Department:**
Rehabilitation Services - Physical Therapy - St Francis Hospital
_It is our policy to abide by all Federal and State laws, as well as, the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). Accordingly, all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact The Talent Acquisition Team at_ _..._ _._
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
0.01
**Work Shift:**
Days/Afternoons (United States of America)
**Location: Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital - Charleston SC (West Ashley area)**
**Shift: As needed 8:00am-5:00pm**
**Primary Function/General Purpose of Position**
The Speech Language Pathologist works to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults. They perform patient evaluations, and re-evaluations, regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic techniques with special attention to receptive and expressive language skills, speech fluency, vocal and oral motor competence, articulation, and auditory skills. The Speech Language Pathologist establishes patient treatment plans based upon the referral from the physician/referral source.
**Essential Job Functions**
+ __ Reviews physician referral, patients condition, and medical history to determine speech and language therapy treatment needs.
+ Performs and documents patient evaluation, re-evaluation and develops treatment and discharge plans based on patient history, signs and symptoms and evaluative tests/tools.
+ Plans and administers medically prescribed speech language pathology treatments to patients.
+ Plans rehabilitative treatment programs based upon physician prescription and evaluation data to treat disorders of verbal written language, voice articulation, fluency interactive communication, mastication, deglutition, auditory and/or visual processing and memory and cognition / communication.
+ Instructs and/or trains patient and family/caregiver in treatment procedures to continue at home.
+ Modifies treatment goals and plan of care as appropriate. Communicates with other health team members. Involved with patient care conferences as appropriate.
+ Instructs, motivates, and assists patient and family to perform various speech activities.
+ Responsible for overall management of patient cases including communication and coordination of care with treatment team.
+ Precepts in the direction and evaluation of clinical experience / internship of students from participating colleges or universities.
+ Orients, instructs and directs the work activities of Clinical Fellowship Year, aides, students and volunteers set forth in policies and procedures.
+ Attends and participates in scheduled meetings and in-services. Attends and provides in-services to department staff to share specialization of knowledge and continuing education.
This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
**Licensing/Certification**
Licensed as a Speech Language Pathologist in the state of current practice (required)
Certificate of Clinical Competence Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) (preferred at hire, required within one year)
BLS Basic Life Support (preferred upon hire, required within 30 days for BSMH, required at hire for RSFH)
**Work Experience**
2 years of experience in equivalent setting (preferred)
**Training**
None
Roper St. Francis Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer.
Many of our opportunities reward* your hard work with:
+ Comprehensive, affordable medical, dental and vision plans
+ Prescription drug coverage
+ Flexible spending accounts
+ Life insurance w/AD&D
+ Employer contributions to retirement savings plan when eligible
+ Paid time off
+ Educational Assistance
+ And much more
*Benefits offerings vary according to employment status.
**Department:**
Rehabilitation Services - Physical Therapy - St Francis Hospital
_It is our policy to abide by all Federal and State laws, as well as, the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). Accordingly, all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact The Talent Acquisition Team at_ _..._ _._
Job ID: 480575039
Originally Posted on: 6/10/2025
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