Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

Lakeside Center for Rehabiliation and Healing is a 122-bed skilled nursing facility that offers short-term rehabilitation, long term care, palliative care, hospice services and outpatient rehabilitation. It is our mission as a team to provide our residents with high quality care while promoting their optimum health and well-being. If you are looking forward to joining a caring and uplifting team, we would love to meet you!

WHY WORK FOR US? BECAUSE WE OFFER:

* Competitive Pay* Health Insurance with Family Plan Options!* Dental with Family Plan Options!* Vision with Family Plan Options!* Paid Time Off* Holiday Pay* 401k* Direct Deposit

We are now hiring Per Diem Speech Language Pathologist!:

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Speech Language Pathologist ( SLP ) / Speech Therapist Job Summary:

The purpose of the Speech Language Pathologist ( SLP ) position is to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services to evaluate, treat, document and /or facilitate care for residents with impaired ability to swallow or communicate due to disease process; participate in the interdisciplinary team meetings as required; assist the Director of Nursing to develop communication and/or swallowing decline prevention policies and procedures.

Speech Language Pathologist ( SLP ) Major Duties and Critical Tasks:

* Evaluate resident’s functional needs when referred by the resident’s attending physician or interdisciplinary team.

* Follow physician’s orders, facility policies and procedures to evaluate and treat residents and complete required documentation for care provided.

* Assist the DON in establishing communication and/or swallowing decline prevention policies and procedures.

* Participate in discharge planning when appropriate.

* Perform diagnostic tests, evaluate and document evaluations of referred residence in accordance with facility policies and procedures.

* Provide appropriate treatment to help resident maintain or attain the highest level of communication and/or swallowing function possible within the confines of his/her physical abilities.

* Recommend and/or provide appropriate treatment, preventative measures, and assistive devices to prevent decline in resident’s function.

* Provide appropriate resident or caregiver education to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of communication and/or swallowing function possible within the confines of his/her physical abilities.

* Maintain timely and accurate resident reports as required by federal, state and local regulatory agencies and third-party payers.

* Perform all duties as assigned in an effective timely and professional manner.

Speech Language Pathologist ( SLP )Required Education and Experience:

* A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in the state of practice.

* Possess a certificate of clinical competence in speech from the American Speech and Hearing Association, or;

* Have the equivalent educational requirements, as indicated by school transcript or diploma and work experience necessary for such a certificate and be awaiting the opportunity to take the American Speech-Language Hearing association examination for certification, or;

* Have completed the necessary work and education requirements as indicated by school transcript or diploma and be in the process of accumulating the necessary supervised work experience required for certification.

* Solid computer skills: prior experience with electronic medical records (EMR) preferred.: %{{advertiserId}}% %%{{category}}%%