Speech Language Pathologist - Sign On Bonus (CFY Welcome)

BrightSpring Health Services•Fairfield, ME

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our Neuro Rehab Outpatient Clinic in Fairfield, Maine. This is a full-time opportunity with no weekends, where you’ll work alongside a supportive, collaborative team helping individuals with neurological diagnoses rebuild communication, cognitive, and swallowing skills. In this role, you’ll provide medical speech-language pathology services to patients recovering from conditions such as stroke, brain injury, and other neurological disorders. Your work will directly help patients regain independence and reconnect with daily life. Rehab Without Walls, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a revolutionary neurorehabilitation program that moves individuals outside the walls of institutional settings and into their natural home and community environment through a continuum of care. It is designed to significantly help people who have primarily experienced a brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke/CVA through accident or illness regain functional capabilities. By providing care in the home, community, workplace, or school, Rehab Without Walls promotes greater health through the recovery process, all with industry-leading outcomes that dramatically improve functional skills and independence for patients.

Requirements

Minimum of a Master’s Degree from an accredited Speech Language Pathology program
Valid Speech Language Pathology license in the state(s) of practice
Current CPR Certification in accordance with state regulations
A minimum of one year’s work experience as a Speech Language Pathologist
Demonstrates knowledge of rehabilitation techniques related to complex neurological injury preferred
Communicates effectively and professionally in verbal and written interactions
Demonstrates strong organization skills and attention to detail
Ability to lift 50 pounds. Moving, lifting,or transferring of patients which may involve lifting of up to 100 pounds following safety procedures
Duties require fine motor skills , visual acuity, and walking/ standing for extended periods
Additional physical requirements include: pushing/pulling, bending/stooping, reaching, kneeling, and positioning frequently at times

Nice To Haves

Clinical Fellows welcome – mentorship and support provided

Responsibilities

Perform evaluations and develop treatment plans
Regularly re-assess effectiveness of treatment plans, attend staffing meetings and family conferences
Perform discharge evaluations, make appropriate recommendations for home and community safety, and provide referral and education resources
Communicate patient’s needs and progress to the treatment team, physician, person receiving services and family members
Communicates with other disciplines to ensure collaboration, coordination of care and enhance patient outcomes