Speech Therapist/ Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) (CCC) or (CFY)

Sterling Therapy Providers•Franconia, NH

20h•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. The position also directs activities intended to promote and maintain health. The pathologist evaluates residents, establishes treatment goals and methods, 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 role collaborates with the rehabilitation team, instructs residents and staff, supervises supportive personnel, and adapts services to individual resident needs and abilities. The position is based at a facility in Franconia, New Hampshire.

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 record keeping.
Apply therapeutic techniques addressing 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 appropriate to each resident’s physical and mental capacity, intelligence level, and interests.
Consult with rehabilitation team members to select therapeutic regimens suited to residents’ needs and capabilities.
Instruct residents in skills and techniques for participating in activities, and evaluate progress, attitudes, and behavior related to rehabilitation potential.
Adapt programs to the needs of individual residents.
Attend and contribute to resident care, staffing, and other related meetings.
Conduct training programs and help train 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 it, and report repair needs as necessary.
Ensure residents and families receive caring, compassionate, high-quality service that recognizes individual needs and rights.
Interact with residents, families, visitors, and employees.
Carry out other tasks as requested, including situations requiring hands-on intervention or participation.