Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist

Prava Therapy•Raleigh, NC

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Prava Therapy is seeking a full-time Speech-Language Pathologist to provide skilled adult and geriatric clinical care in a resort-style senior living community in Raleigh, North Carolina. The community emphasizes an active lifestyle, holistic wellness, lifelong learning, resort-style amenities, and continuous engagement. The role involves getting to know residents, their routines, and the activities that matter to them, and supporting independence, connection, health, and quality of life. The Speech-Language Pathologist provides comprehensive evaluations and individualized, evidence-based care across adult and geriatric speech-language pathology domains. Practice areas include cognitive-communication, language, speech production and voice, swallowing, pragmatic communication, and functional AAC and environmental memory supports. Therapy is expected to address functional, real-world goals and may take place in the context of residents’ everyday activities and community life. The SLP collaborates with residents, families, caregivers, community staff, dining services, physicians, specialists, and other interdisciplinary team members. The role also includes proactive identification of changes in cognition, communication, and swallowing; education and care coordination; progress monitoring; and timely, accurate, compliant documentation. The position is intended for a clinician who values functional outcomes, resident autonomy, thoughtful clinical reasoning, compassion, and ongoing professional growth.

Requirements

Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist.
Strong clinical competence across the full scope of adult and geriatric SLP practice.
Thoughtful clinical reasoning and ability to provide individualized care.
Ability to communicate clearly and take ownership of resident outcomes.
Ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary team members and community leaders.
Compassion, curiosity, and commitment to continued professional growth.
Values resident independence, autonomy, choice, and functional real-world outcomes.
Enjoys building genuine relationships with residents.

Responsibilities

Perform comprehensive evaluations and develop individualized, evidence-based plans of care across adult and geriatric SLP domains.
Assess and treat cognitive-communication, language, speech production and voice, swallowing, pragmatic communication, and functional AAC or environmental memory-support needs.
Address functional medication management, calendar use, financial tasks, and daily routine organization from a cognitive-linguistic perspective.
Identify changes in cognitive, communicative, or swallowing function to support proactive care and help prevent complications such as aspiration pneumonia, dehydration, or malnutrition.
Educate residents, families, caregivers, nursing staff, and dining staff on communication strategies, cognitive support tools, safe swallowing protocols, and dietary modifications.
Collaborate with physicians, ENT specialists, community leadership, dining services, wellness professionals, and interdisciplinary care team members.
Monitor resident progress and modify treatment plans according to clinical presentation and functional outcomes.
Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant documentation.
Participate in care coordination, interdisciplinary team conferences, and discharge planning as appropriate.
Contribute to a culture of clinical excellence, compassion, professionalism, and continuous learning.
Support residents’ independence and participation in meaningful activities, relationships, meals, routines, and community life.