Speech Therapist/ Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

Sterling Therapy Providers•Southampton, NY

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Speech/Language Pathologist organizes and conducts speech and language programs at the facility to facilitate rehabilitation. The role directs residents’ participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and helps residents learn skills and functions essential for communication and swallowing to diminish or correct pathology. The position also directs activities intended to promote and maintain health. The Speech/Language Pathologist evaluates residents, develops and implements treatment plans, documents services, coordinates adaptive communication devices, and works with the rehabilitation team to provide care suited to each resident’s needs and abilities. The role includes evaluating progress, adapting programs, attending care and staffing meetings, training medical, nursing, and other personnel, and supervising supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards. The position also maintains equipment and supports a caring, compassionate environment that recognizes residents’ needs and rights.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited master’s-level Speech-Language curriculum certified by the American Speech/Language/Hearing Association.
Licensed and/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 treatment plans, and complete related documentation and record keeping.
Apply therapeutic techniques addressing 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 for participating in activities and evaluate their progress, attitudes, and behavior in relation to rehabilitative potential.
Adapt programs to the needs of individual residents.
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 the need for repairs as necessary.
Ensure residents and families receive high-quality service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere that recognizes individual needs and rights.
Interact with residents, families, visitors, and employees.
Carry out other requested tasks when hands-on intervention or participation may be required.