Experience

Nashville General Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Speech Language Pathologist

  • Apr 2013 - Present

  • Setting: Acute care and outpatient • Primary Speech Language Pathologist • Acting Charge in absence of Director of Rehab • Assist in development of an outpatient pediatric speech therapy program • Development of speech/swallowing program for patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer • Member of cancer program/research team • Super User for hospital electronic documentation system • Insurance authorizations and denials • Chart reviewer/auditor with data collection for various quality indicators • Chart audit report development and plan of correction • Department educator for documentation, billing codes, Medicare requirements, and workflow • Charge reconciliation monitor and recovery • Medical charge recovery assistance • Paper and EMR rehabilitation documentation development with presentation to Medical Executive Committee • Scheduling/Staffing of Rehab Department • Updating and maintenance of Rehab Policy and Procedures • Policy development • Data assembly and analysis for Rehab Department Quality Indicators • Coordinate department readiness for inspection by JACHO and Department of Health • Assist with various projects • Supervision and training of graduate students



HCA Healthcare - Skyline Medical Center and Southern Hills Medical Center

• Speech Language Pathologist

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2018

  • Setting: Level II trauma center, acute care, outpatient, inpatient rehabilitation, and psychiatric hospital • Mentoring of graduate students and Clinical Fellow supervision • Provided assessment and treatment services to inpatients in Neuro Intensive Care Unit, CCU, acute care, and inpatient rehabilitation. • Diagnoses include: dysphagia, cognition, aphasia, voice, speaking valve placement and tolerance. • Inpatient and outpatient videofluoroscopic swallow studies are completed. • Setting: Level II trauma center, acute care, outpatient, inpatient rehabilitation, and psychiatric hospital • Mentoring of graduate students and Clinical Fellow supervision • Provided assessment and treatment services to inpatients in Neuro Intensive Care Unit, CCU, acute care, and inpatient rehabilitation. • Diagnoses include: dysphagia, cognition, aphasia, voice, speaking valve placement and tolerance. • Inpatient and outpatient videofluoroscopic swallow studies are completed.



Home Health Care of Middle TN

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care

• Spech-Language Pathologist

  • Mar 2009 - Jul 2013

  • Setting: Home health • Duties in addition to speech therapy: scheduling, interdisciplinary meetings/consultation, OASIS, treatment planning development, physician consultation, family/caregiver training, and documentation • Primary responsibility was the provision of assessment and therapy services. • Treatment diagnoses included: cognition, expressive and receptive aphasia; voice; apraxia; dysarthria; speaking valve tolerance; dementia; memory; head and neck cancer; laryngectomy rehabilitation; and dysphagia



Intelligent Therapy Staffing

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Speech-Language Pathologist

  • Apr 2010 - Jul 2012

  • Settings: acute care, outpatient, long-term care and schools • Contract • Primary setting a community hospital, providing both acute care and outpatient services. • Videofluoroscopic swallow studies were performed for both inpatients and outpatients. Treatment diagnoses included: dysphagia, apraxia, aphasia, dysarthria, cognitive deficits, head and neck cancer, and voice • Settings: acute care, outpatient, long-term care and schools • Contract • Primary setting a community hospital, providing both acute care and outpatient services. • Videofluoroscopic swallow studies were performed for both inpatients and outpatients. Treatment diagnoses included: dysphagia, apraxia, aphasia, dysarthria, cognitive deficits, head and neck cancer, and voice



Armes Enterprises, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Practices

• President

  • Mar 2004 - Mar 2012

  • Company president/administrator and clinical service provider. • As a company administrator, duties included: employee supervision and annual reviews; contract negotiation; managing company growth and direction; documentation review; clinical fellowship supervision; managing policies and procedures; training; clinical assignments; scheduling; program development and budgeting • As a clinician, duties included provision of speech pathology assessments and services to clients of various ages and diagnoses