• Provide skilled speech therapy services in outpatient rehabilitation for an average caseload of 35 patients ranging in age from birth to geriatrics and deliver treatment using evidence-based practices and patient centered goals in order to achieve specific, measurable, and obtainable goals to improve quality of life and independence
• Evaluate patients and create individualized care plans with a wide variety of diagnoses with additional training and knowledge in swallowing, voice, traumatic brain injuries, and speech sound disorders
• Complete re-evaluations, insurance approvals, discharges and home exercise programs in a timely manner according to insurance, government, and company regulations across all settings
• Supervise one to two graduate level student clinicians on an annual basis while providing evidence-based teaching and supervision techniques to maximize learning, enhance critical decision-making skills, and implement clinical skills independently
• Lead a team of 4 speech therapists by organizing and leading weekly team meetings, ensuring use of evidence-based practices, advocating for patient’s rights, and implementing new services
• Manage pediatric referrals and decreased wait list from an average of 6 months to 2 weeks
• Created and implemented a food management system for patients with feeding and swallowing impairments through completion of a process improvement plan working with multiple departments to improve workflow, increase productivity and efficiency, and improve budgets
• Implemented a quality improvement project to improve patient outcomes for pediatrics with mild traumatic brain injury
• Provided numerous in-services to physicians, medical specialists, colleagues, and the community regarding speech-language pathology services and the most up-to-date evidence-based practices
• Provided speech-language pathology services for the acute care rehabilitation unit, inpatient units, transitional care unit, and intensive care unit from 2015-2018
Advanced Med, LLC.
Travel Speech-Language Pathologist
Indiana
July 2012-June 2015
• Administered formal and informal assessments for the geriatric population with a variety of diagnoses in the skilled nursing setting for patients in rehabilitation, long term care and specialized dementia units
• Identified patients at risk of cognitive, voice, language, speech, and swallowing decline using screening protocols
• Created formal evaluation reports and developed treatment plans, goals, and objectives
• Conducted treatment for adults with a variety of diagnoses with an emphasis on dysphagia, cognition, and language
• Provided transitional care plan meetings with therapists, social workers, patient and family in order to assess current level of function, provide appropriate recommendations and functional maintenance plans
Collaborating For Kids, LLC.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Greenwood, IN
August 2012-December 2014
• Provided skilled speech therapy in a multitude of settings including multiple skilled nursing facilities, home health care for early childhood intervention birth through three years old and school aged-children, Collaborating for Kids outpatient clinic, and schools
• Administered formal and informal evaluations and created formal evaluation reports, interviewed patients and families during the evaluation process, and counseled on results of evaluation
• Developed treatment plans, goals, and objectives for children and adults in a variety of settings
• Conducted treatment based on evidence-based practices in order to achieve specific, measurable, and obtainable goals
• Maintained records of assessment information and treatment documentation and completed updated evaluations
Suncrest Omni Home Care
Speech-Language Pathologist
Sarasota, FL
October 2011-April 2012
• Administered formal Medicare regulated assessments and informal assessments, created formal evaluation reports for the geriatric populations with a variety of diagnoses in the home health setting
• Provided skilled speech therapy from the development of treatment plans, goals, and objectives with consultation from doctors, nurses and therapists
• Determined appropriate referral sources and assisted in triage of patients at time of discharge from home health speech therapy
• Completed chart audits to ensure government and state regulations were being met
Our Children’s House at Baylor
Speech-Language Pathologist
Waxahachie, TX
June 2010-September 2011
• Administered formal and informal assessments for children birth-21 years old with a variety of diagnoses
• Created formal evaluation reports and treatment plans through collaboration of family, doctors, and co-workers
• Presented multiple in-services pertaining to continuing education courses and evidence-based research
• Facilitated specialized feeding group for children with sensory processing disorder
• Served on the Bilingual Committee in order to provide quality care for children who are culturally and linguistically diverse
• Received Service Excellence Award and Employee of the Month
