Mona Ali

Cross Country Healthcare / Full-time / Travel Contract

• Evaluated and treated medically complex adults with swallowing, speech, language, and cognitive disorders in an acute care hospital setting
• Managed and maintained a full acute care caseload while also completing outpatient Modified barium swallow studies (MBSS) and provided flexible coverage in Transitional Care and Extended Care units as needed
• Educated patients and caregivers on compensatory strategies, diet modifications, and rehabilitation techniques

Cross Country Healthcare / Full-time / Travel Contract

• Delivered skilled speech-language pathology services in a post-acute rehabilitation setting serving a diverse adult population
• Performed MBSS to ensure evidence-based dysphagia management
• Led data-driven outcome analysis to refine therapy approaches and support evidence based clinical decision-making
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to enhance therapeutic outcomes and reduce aspiration risk

Kindred Healthcare / Full-time

• Administered diagnostic speech, language, cognition, and swallowing evaluation services, primarily with adults, in levels of care ranging from Emergency Department to Inpatient Rehabilitation
• Developed and delivered onboarding resources and training for new PRN SLP staff providing instruction on clinical protocols, documentation standards, and facility procedures
• Planned and conducted speech-language pathology programs to restore function, prevent disability, and help patients reach their maximum level of independence
• Performed MBSS for both inpatient and outpatient clients
• Educated and instructed patients, caregivers, or other patient representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety, and independent living

Kindred Healthcare / PRN (24 hrs/wk)

• Assessed, diagnosed, and treated individuals, aged 35-91, with dysphagia, cognitive-linguistic deficits, aphasia, and motor speech disorders in a 53-bed inpatient acute rehab hospital
• Completed clinical swallowing evaluations and ordered MBSS when appropriate to ensure proper, evidence-based dysphagia intervention
• Led family education sessions to prepare patients and their families for ST services at next level of care and to provide strategies to aid the transition from facility to functional home environment
• Documented patients' progress, provided home-program treatment plans, and accomplished other forms for intra-/extra- agency to ensure all documentation was clear, concise, timely, accurate, and complete

Regional One Health / PRN (8-16 hrs/wk)

• Evaluated and treated medically complex teenagers and adults with swallowing, speech, language, and cognitive disorders secondary to traumatic brain injuries in the acute care and inpatient settings at the only designated Level 1 Trauma Center in the Mid-South
• Provided assessment and treatment for patients with tracheostomy/ventilator dependence, including Passy-Muir valve assessment and placement
• Utilized the JFK Coma Recovery scale and Rancho Los Amigos scale in collaboration with interdisciplinary team to provide improved assessment and treatment of patients with disorders of consciousness

Select Medical / PRN (10 hrs/wk)

• Provided speech-language and dysphagia intervention to adults aged 53-72 as the sole SLP in East Memphis’s outpatient clinic setting
• Coordinated patients and patients’ family members with local and online support groups
• Maintained communication with neighboring ENT office to ensure proper visualization of vocal folds and treatment strategies (including manual therapy) for patients with voice disorders
• Consulted with Tobii Dynavox to attain most appropriate AAC device for patients with severe-to-profound communication disorders
• Created and implemented plan of care including exercise/treatment programs, functional activities, and family education to improve functional abilities and activities of daily living

Rehab America / Full-time

• Advanced from CFY to CCC by providing skilled ST services to a 108-bed skilled nursing facility to adults 39-102 years old
• Advocated for adaptive equipment, instrumental swallow studies, and standardized tests and successfully attained provale cups, portable FEES company, and the CLQT+ for all AHC Memphis facilities
• Assisted sister facility, Unity Psychiatric Care Hospital, by completing swallow screens PRN
• Participated in weekly weight loss and rehabilitation team meetings to collaborate across disciplines and discuss patient needs and progress
• Treated patients within the facility’s COVID-19 unit utilizing proper PPE, maintaining CDC sanitation protocols, and providing critical communication modalities to patients and their families