David Rice

From 2007-Present:

• Completed feeding evaluations, treatment and MBS with NICU infants across all 4 hospitals
• Completed assessment and treatment of adults at both bed-side via objective testing (MBS) of patients in areas of dysphagia, speech, language, voice, fluency, cognition, head and neck cancer, and trauma
• Provided consultation and intervention to infants born with cleft palates in Pediatric Unit and Birthplace.
• Supervised and managed 30+ speech pathologists
• Evaluated employees' strengths and assigned tasks based upon experience and training
• Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
• Responsible for hiring, orientation, and training new staff
• Mentored Clinical Fellows, new staff, and students
• Developed competencies for speech pathologists in both inpatient, acute and pediatric outpatient settings.
• Completed annual reviews
• Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance
• Experienced with CPT and ICD-10 coding principles, government regulations, and third-party billing rules
• Led interdisciplinary team meetings to review patients, caseload, treatment, concerns, and recommendations

*This job description included time at Riddle Hospital prior merging with Main Line Health in 2007.

During that time as Assistant Director, Speech and Hearing

• Developed Riddle Outpatient Pediatric Therapy Services (ROPeS)
• Developed multi-disciplinary pediatric program
• Expanded programs to include Physical and Occupational Therapy
• Supervised outpatient pediatric SLP, PT, OT
• Participated in design of new therapy facility in Riddle Hospital Health Care Center IV
• Provided outpatient services to children ranging in Age from 1-17 years of age
• Provided outpatient services for adult dysphagia patients