Speech Therapist/ Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

Sterling Therapy Providers•Smethport, PA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Speech/Language Pathologist organizes and conducts speech and language programs for the facility to facilitate rehabilitation. The role directs resident participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and facilitates learning skills and functions essential for communication and swallowing to diminish or correct pathology. The Pathologist also directs activities to promote and maintain health. The position evaluates residents, develops and implements treatment plans, and completes related documentation. Treatment may address cognitive skills, communication, speech and oral motor skills, dysphagia, perceptual abilities, orientation, psychosocial needs, and functioning. The Pathologist coordinates adaptive communication devices, consults with the rehabilitation team, adapts programs to individual needs, evaluates progress, participates in care meetings, trains personnel, and supervises supportive staff. The role also maintains equipment and helps ensure residents and families receive caring, compassionate, high-quality service that recognizes individual 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 appropriate treatment goals and methods, implement speech therapy treatment plans, and complete related documentation and record keeping.
Apply therapeutic techniques in areas such as cognitive skills, communication, speech and oral motor skills, dysphagia, perceptual abilities, orientation, psychosocial needs, and functioning.
Coordinate the 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 required to participate in activities, and evaluate their 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.
Help 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.