Speech Therapist/ Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)
About The Position
The Speech/Language Pathologist organizes and conducts speech and language programs at the facility to facilitate rehabilitation. The role directs resident participation in activities intended to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and facilitates the learning of skills and functions essential for communication and swallowing. The therapist also directs activities that promote and maintain health. The position evaluates residents, develops and implements treatment plans, documents services, and adapts therapeutic activities to each resident’s needs and capabilities. It involves coordinating adaptive communication devices, consulting with the rehabilitation team, evaluating resident progress, contributing to care meetings, training facility personnel, and supervising supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards. The therapist maintains and reports repair needs for equipment and helps ensure residents and families receive caring, compassionate, high-quality service that respects individual needs and rights. This is a per-diem position in Abington, Massachusetts, paying $55–$60 per hour. Listed benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k), holiday pay, paid time off, and overtime availability.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited master’s-level speech-language curriculum certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- Licensed or eligible for licensure as required in the state.
- Eligible for a Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- Good organizational and time-management skills.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate residents; develop treatment goals and methods; implement speech therapy plans; and complete related documentation and recordkeeping.
- Apply therapeutic techniques involving cognitive skills, communication, speech and oral motor skills, dysphagia, perceptual abilities, orientation, psychosocial needs, and functioning.
- Coordinate acquisition of adaptive communication devices and instruct residents in their use.
- Select activities suited to each resident’s physical and mental capacity, intelligence level, and interests.
- Consult with rehabilitation team members to select therapeutic regimens consistent with residents’ needs and capabilities.
- Instruct residents in skills and techniques needed to participate in activities, and evaluate progress, attitudes, and behavior in relation to rehabilitative potential.
- Adapt programs to individual residents’ needs.
- Attend and contribute to resident care, staffing, and other related meetings.
- Conduct training programs and participate in training medical, nursing, and other personnel in speech therapy techniques and objectives.
- Supervise supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards.
- Maintain and clean equipment, identify equipment issues, and report repair needs as necessary.
- Help ensure residents and families receive high-quality, compassionate service that recognizes individual needs and rights.
- Interact with residents, families, visitors, and employees.
- Carry out other requested tasks, including situations requiring hands-on intervention or participation.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Holiday pay
- Paid time off
- Overtime available
