Inpatient Rehab SLP Team Lead

Mary Free Bed Summary

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It's extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients "Ask for Mary," they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership to clinicians and care providers.

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes.The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care

Mission Statement

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Employment Value Proposition

At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture:

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Our Commitment to providing an inclusive environment for patients, families, staff, and community, through embracing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion T.O.G.E.T.H.E.R.

• Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.

• Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.

• Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.

• Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community.

• A Proud Tradition. Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.

Age Specific Responsibility

Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned department. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures.

Summary

Responsible for quality of patient care in all areas of assigned responsibility. Achieves and maintains an effective and harmonious multidisciplinary team of professionals through leadership, supervision, and daily management of a specific program.

Essential Job Responsibilities: Clinical

• Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.

• Provides patient care.

• Evaluates patient condition.

• Establishes treatment goals in collaboration with patient and family as appropriate, and in collaboration with the treatment team. Treatment goals should be interdisciplinary and patient-centered whenever possible. Establishes written treatment plan and administers treatment for each patient according to the stated goals. Delegates responsibilities to other skilled professionals and rehabilitation technicians as appropriate.

• Re-evaluates patient's status and effects of treatment. Revises treatment plan as necessary. Reviews revised goals with patient and family as appropriate.

• Evaluates patient's need for medical equipment and orders the appropriate equipment as necessary. Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs patient, patient's family, and health care workers on its use.

• Participates in planning for patient discharge by considering and communicating with patient, family, community support/services and environmental limitations.

• Documents patient's status and progress through initial evaluation, progress notes, and discharge summary according to established internal/external time standards and adherence to reimbursement guidelines.

• Communicates with others to integrate speech therapy treatment with all aspects of patient care.

• Participates in conferences/discussions as needed and exchange of written records with other interdisciplinary team members to integrate speech therapy treatment plan.

• Instructs the patient and the family in speech therapy procedures as part of providing patient and family education including written instructions as necessary.

• Attends various meetings and in-services as designated.

• Follows all hospital policy and procedures including but not limited to patient confidentiality and infection control.

• Meets or exceeds program productivity expectations.

• Provides discipline specific coverage (following cross training) within the system as requested.

• Supports program operations as assigned.

• Participates in orientation and training of new staff.

• Participates in program development and/or research activities as assigned.

• Essential Job Responsibilities- Managerial

• Determines staff assignments

• Monitors and manages staff time (hours, TTO, etc.) to meet productivity.

• Arranges schedules to ensure appropriate coverage.

• Prioritizes and grants requests for TTO.

• Ensures appropriate staff rotation.

• Participates with interviewing and selection of candidates for open positions.

• Ensures all staff changes and paperwork are completed daily.

• Participates with development and implementation of marketing plan for their department in cooperation with manager and the Director of Outpatient Therapy Services and the MFB marketing department. This may involve direct marketing to physicians as well as directing and oversight of staff involvement in direct marketing activities.

• Attends leadership meetings as required.

• Accountable to the MFB service standards.

• Facilitates the annual employee review process.

• Initiates the review process.

• Participates in/understands outcomes of actual review meetings.

• Performs employee competency assessments.

• Participates in budget process.

• Manages site expenses to keep within budget.

• Participates in the budget preparation with department manager.

• Understands and follows appropriate lines of communication authority.

• Handles communication to/from Manager, Director of Outpatient Therapy Services, site administrators, and physicians.

• Patient Care - Assures that appropriate standards of care are met for patients in areas of assigned responsibility, in accordance with hospital goals, policies, and procedures. This includes clinical standards of care, monitoring and mentoring of staff, and compliance with accreditation agencies. Responsible for acquiring / maintaining appropriate equipment and supplies to meet patient need.

• Clinical Knowledge - Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field of rehabilitation. Maintains external contacts and peer relationships with colleagues outside of Mary Free Bed.

• Staff Development and Mentoring - Responsible for the orientation and education of new staff as well as ongoing staff development and mentoring of existing staff. Encourages staff development through formal and informal learning opportunities and using competency-based education systems.

• Leadership Must-Haves will be followed for patient and staff interactions: Clinical and Managerial

• Embrace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, by:

Treating everyone with dignity and respect

Opening more doors to opportunities for underrepresented cultures

Growing talent and people

Evaluating and eliminating disparities

Taking action against injustices, bias and racism

Honoring our differences and how to collaborate

Educating staff, patients, and the communities we care for

Restoring Hope and Freedom, together

• Rounding

• Thank You Notes

• Employee Selection/Peer Interviewing

• Key Words at Key Times

• AIDET + Promise

• Standards of Behavior

Customer Service Responsibilities

Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement

Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

• M.S. or M.A in Speech Pathology granted by an accredited university program.

• Licensure with the State of Michigan.

• Holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology.

• Membership in ASHA.

• Minimum of 2 years' experience of relevant clinical experience.

• Possesses and maintains BCLS certification to meet department/program protocol.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Experience with government reimbursement systems and other regulatory bodies related to service line.

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Qualification

Levels:

• None (No specific requirements)

• Occasionally (Less than 1/3)

• Frequently (1/3 to 2/3)

• Majority (More than 2/3)

Remain in a stationary position: Frequently

Traverse or move around work location: Frequently

Use keyboard: None

Operate or use department specific equipment: None

Ascend/Descend equipment or ladder: None

Position self to accomplish the Essential Functions of the role: None

Receive and communicate information and ideas for understanding: None

Transport, position, and/or exert force:

Up to 10 pounds: _____

Up to 25 pounds: _____

Up to 50 pounds: _____

Up to 75 pounds: _____

More than 100 pounds: Occasionally

Other weight: Up to___ pounds _____

Other: None