Supervising Speech Language Pathologist

Mission: We believe in creating the best life for everyone!

Company Values: Transparency, Positive Work Environment, Opportunity, Supportive Administration, and Faith 

Purpose: Creating the best life for everyone through improving their functional levels.

Valuable Final Product: Clients who demonstrate optimal functioning in their daily lives and decreased family stress resulting in the referral of our services to others.

Subproduct: Create and lead a dynamic team as a supervising Speech Language Pathologist that has highly satisfied clients who complete their full plans of care and refer their family and friends to Believe Therapies by:

·        Leading a engaged and creative speech team consisting of Speech Language Pathologist Assistants and Clinical Fellows

·        Performing initial evaluations to establish a plan of care for medically necessary speech language services

·        Training new speech therapy team members on job post functions

·        Ensuring that each client meets a minimum of 2 therapy goals monthly and that other ongoing goals are being updated in a timely manner by completing monthly progress notes

·        Performing re-evaluations to update a plan of care and document a need for medically necessary speech language services

·        Performing direct or indirect supervision to meet licensing requirements of the speech team

·        Providing the highest quality of service through a caring, compassionate, and empathetic demeanor to all clients and families  

·        Educating clients that are being seen for any type of treatment about the schedule and arriving on time to meet their plan of care

·        Managing the speech therapy plan of care and documentation for ST clients within company timelines

·        Completing client success stories as goals are obtained

·        Receiving positive parent questionnaires upon a yearly assessment

·        Utilizing evidence-based practice and skills to assess, plan, and evaluate interventions

·        Completing discharge summaries as the clients complete or terminate their plan of care

·        Identifying the need for an internal referral to another discipline within the company and address this with the client/family and follow the internal referral process

·        Working with other health care professions, providing education and training as required

·        Maintaining client confidentiality and follow all HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) and company policies and procedures

·        Maintaining safety of clients and staff by following all cleaning policies and procedures

·        Collaborating with the Quality Manager for clinical in-services and continuing education as needed

·        Performing other duties as requested

Skills, Duties and Responsibilities: Must be licensed as required in Texas and maintain current CPR certification and vaccinations. A supervisor must have at least two years of professional experience in providing direct client services (that may include the clinical fellow year) of full-time experience and completed 2 hours of professional development in supervision. Other skills, duties and responsibilities are:

·        Positive outlook on life

·        Since of duty to “give back to the profession”

·        Confident and outgoing

·        Attention to detail

·        Ability to start and foster relationships

·        Driven to meet goals and targets

·        Excellent attendance record

·        Excellent punctuality

·        Flexible to adapt quickly to change

·        Good organization skills

·        Likes to work with our clients and their families

·        Exhibits responsibility and professionalism

·        Effective communication skills

·        Likes to work in a fast-paced environment with others

·        Desire to learn and advance personal and professional skills

·        Tenacity to reach goals

·        Positively pushes the potential of both self and others

·        Participation in weekly reviews including but not limited to company surveys, annual self-reviews, and peer reviews

·        Submit correct payroll, PTO (Paid Time Off), or benefit information and track personally and report discrepancies immediately

·        Communicate with the senior when support is needed

·        Must follow policies and procedures outlined by Believe Therapies

·        Participate in any task in line with Believe Therapies’ mission

Supervisor: Senior Therapist as assigned upon employment.

Schedule: This position is full-time, part-time, or PRN per the individual’s employment contract. Attendance is very crucial in this position so all time-off and lateness must be worked out beforehand when possible.