Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

Buena Vida Rehab and Nursing Center is a local 240-bed facility in Brooklyn, NY. We are centrally located near public transit options. Our nursing team is caring, energetic, and positive. Join our supportive team and use your skills in an environment that appreciates you!

Job Description

• 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 interdisciplinary team meetings as required.
• Assist the Director of Nursing to develop communication and/or swallowing decline prevention policies and procedures.
• 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 Director of Nursing 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 residents in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
• Provide appropriate treatment to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of communication and/or swallowing function possible within the confines of their 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 their 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• $41-$58/hour
• $5,000 sign-on bonus