Speech Language Pathologist - PRN - Presbyterian Village North

Join Our PRN Team!  

Presbyterian Village North is currently looking for a Speech Language Pathologist - PRN to join our fantastic team!  

Wonderful environment and strong teammate relationships! Come grow with us.

With a shared legacy in business and healthcare innovation, Forefront Living's family of care-oriented organizations blend values built on compassion and faith with high-quality Senior Care, Long-term Care, Alzheimer’s and Memory care, Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Therapies, Hospice and Palliative Care. 

These senior care services, along with the celebration of independent living at our senior lifestyle communities, combine to bring deeper meaning to every phase of life for people of all faiths, regardless of race, gender, color, religion, national origin, or disability. Forefront Living is the not-for-profit, faith-based parent of Presbyterian Village North, Faith Presbyterian Hospice, and the T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Model a service attitude towards others, is friendly and courteous to residents, patients, visitors, and co-workers
• Take ownership in solving problems and take the initiative to make things better
• Ensure resident, patient, visitor, and co-worker safety by remaining aware of and reporting any new or existing safety hazards
• Maintain good attendance record
• Document all assessments, reassessments, progress notes, discharge summaries and other clinical work in the medical record per departmental policy and procedure
• Provide resident, family and staff education pertaining to Speech Therapy modalities to ensure understanding and proficiency of care
• Demonstrate good clinical judgment in all aspects of resident treatments in which trained to provide
• Orient, instruct, and direct work activities of Clinical Fellows and Speech Therapy students.
• Supervise and review documentation written by the Clinical Fellow as per state practice act
• Screen residents to determine their potential benefit from Speech Therapy intervention
• Develop, direct and/or participate in Speech Therapy programming for the residents
• Attend in-services and other meetings as required on an ongoing basis
• Maintain continuing education per state licensure requirements
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Rehab

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in the current state
• Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology with Clinical Certificate of Competency or in Clinical Fellowship Year
• Knowledge of therapy industry and federal, state, and local government regulations
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize and complete multiple tasks in a dynamic environment
• Demonstrated efficiency strategies for fast paced environment
• Experience in SNF/LTC/IL/AL/OP setting or mature population rehabilitation and wellness needs
• Experience with PDPM treatment and reimbursement policy
• Basic computer skills, Outlook, Word, Excel
• Excellent customer service skills
• Genuine caring for and interest in the care of mature adults, persons with disabilities and hospice patients
• Ability to perform work tasks within the Physical Demand Requirements
• Ability to perform Essential Duties
• Ability to comply with the Resident Bill of Rights and the Employee Responsibilities
• Ability to comply with organizational and departmental safety policies and procedures