LIZZY MORRISSY
Carlsbad,CA
Summary
Professional SLP with a proven track record of being hard-working, detail-oriented, and a natural leader, seeking Lead Therapist position with Palomar Health Outpatient Rehab
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Speech-Language Pathologist
Palomar Health Outpatient
11.2022 - Current
- Assess, treat, and discharge patients with speech, language, cognitive-communication, fluency, voice, and swallowing deficits
- Provide education to patients, family members, caregivers, and team members regarding disorders, concerns, strategies, and prognosis
- Collaborate POC with appropriate providers, team members, including but not limited to primary care providers, neurologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and outpatient care technicians
- Create and revise individualized plan of care, progress notes, discharge notes
- Complete required billing in a timely manner
- Track individual prescription and authorization data, per patient
- Assist in training part-time SLPs (2)
- Maintain clinic schedule productivity
- Attend monthly staff meetings.
Speech-Language Pathologist, Clinic Director
Rehab United
05.2021 - 10.2022
- Assess, treat, and discharge patients with speech, cognitive, and swallowing deficits
- Provide education to patients, family, caregivers, and team members
- Collaborate with PCP, neurologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists
- Develop/revise individualized POC, complete billing
- Manage clinic schedules, optimize client outcomes, calculate clinic/individual stats, conduct/hire through interviews
- Prepare/run team meetings, management meetings, employee meetings
- Manage team of OT, PT, PTA, students, front office team
- Monitor clinic needs, including therapeutic supplies, office materials, time off requests, punch clock
- Maintain relationships w/ doctors, offices.
Speech-Language Pathologist
USMC Camp Pendleton Contractor
12.2017 - 04.2021
- Assess, diagnose, and treat active duty service members with speech, language, and cognitive-communication deficits secondary to TBI, Acquired Brain Injury, CVA, or neurological disorder
- Development and revise plan of treatment, complete billing, documentation, and discharge notes, for individual and group therapy
- Attend weekly POC meetings, Intensive OP meetings, staff meetings
- Input patient information into NeuroTract system for weekly POC meetings
- Provide education to patients, family, and team members
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team, including PCP, LCSW, OT, PT, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, audiologists, and SLPs.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Villa Healthcare
02.2017 - 07.2017
- Screen, assess, diagnose, and treat adult to geriatric patients with speech, cognitive, and swallowing disorders
- Develop and update plan of treatment, required billing, documentation, evaluation reports, and discharge reports
- Educate patient and family members regarding evaluation, plan of treatment, progress, and strategies
- Collaborate and coordinate with medical providers, including physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurses, CNA's, and dietitians
- Attend weekly staff meetings, complete required trainings.
Travel Speech-Language Pathologist
Community Physical Therapy Contractor
08.2016 - 02.2017
- Screen, assess, diagnose, treat adult/geriatric patients with speech, cognitive, swallow disorders, often d/t CVA, TBI, acquired BI, neurological condition
- Create and modify plan of treatment
- Complete required billing, documentation, evaluation reports, and discharge reports
- Provide education to patients, caregivers, family, and staff
- Collaborate and coordinate with multiple providers, including physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurses, CNA's, and dietitian
- Attend weekly staff meetings, care plan meetings.
Speech-Language Pathologist CF
Chicago Public Schools
08.2015 - 06.2016
- Maintain a caseload of 55-60 (pre-School - 8th)
- Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and groups with speech, language, and cognitive disorders, including initial & triennial assessments, progress notes
- Maintain data, prepare therapeutic materials
- Collaborate with team members, teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents regarding
- Attend all IEP/Domain/Eligibility/Special meetings on a weekly basis.
Education
MASTER OF SCIENCE - COMMUNICATION SCIENCE AND DISORDERS
Saint Xavier University
05.2015
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCE
University of Iowa
05.2012
Skills
- Leader
- Time management
- Detail-Oriented
- Problem Solver
- Communication
- Independent
- Microsoft Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
- Calculator
- Copier
- Scanner
- Fax
Certification
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence
- CA state license
- BLS
- SPEAKOUT! Provider
- LSVT Provider
- Undergoing FEES training
Languages
Spanish
Limited
Timeline
Speech-Language Pathologist
Palomar Health Outpatient
11.2022 - Current
Speech-Language Pathologist, Clinic Director
Rehab United
05.2021 - 10.2022
Speech-Language Pathologist
USMC Camp Pendleton Contractor
12.2017 - 04.2021
Speech-Language Pathologist
Villa Healthcare
02.2017 - 07.2017
Travel Speech-Language Pathologist
Community Physical Therapy Contractor
08.2016 - 02.2017
Speech-Language Pathologist CF
Chicago Public Schools
08.2015 - 06.2016
MASTER OF SCIENCE - COMMUNICATION SCIENCE AND DISORDERS
Saint Xavier University
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCE
University of Iowa