Speech Language Pathologist SLP (Full- time)

Onyx Health Consulting; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Onyx Health Consulting in Florida is seeking a Speech Therapist in a Skilled Nursing Facility to diagnose, treat, and manage speech and language disorders, evaluating skills and planning rehabilitative programs. The role involves implementing physician-directed treatment, documenting progress, and guiding caregivers, with ASHA CFY supervision responsibilities.

The environment emphasizes patient care and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology is required.
• CCC-SLP or CFY eligibility is required.
• Current state licensure to practice is required.
• Current CPR certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate referred residents/patients and develop a treatment program with goals.
• Provide treatment per physician orders and adjust plans as needed.
• Communicate resident progress to physicians and document responses.
• Instruct residents and families on speech therapy procedures.
• Participate in staff development and in-service education.
• Supervise CFYs as per ASHA guidelines.
• Meet productivity and documentation standards.

Skills

Speech-language pathology

ASHA CFY supervision

Education

Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology

CCC-SLP or CFY eligibility

Current state licensure

Current CPR certification

Job description

OVERVIEW

The Speech Therapist in a Skilled Nursing Facility environment, diagnoses and treats speech and language problems. Evaluates speech and language skills as related to educational, medical, social, and psychological factors. Plans, directs, or conducts rehabilitative treatment programs to restore communicative efficiency of individuals with communication problems of organic and non-organic etiology.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluates all residents/patients who have been referred by their physicians with a written order. Develops a treatment program including functional long and short term goals for all the residents/patients placed on a Speech therapy program.
• Provides treatment as ordered by the attending physician. Interprets, plan, establishes, and exercises proper treatment program in accordance with the physician's referral, periodically, reviewing the resident's/patient's program and response and making recommendations to the physician relative to the need of continuing or discontinuing the Speech therapy treatment.
• Contacts the physician for resident's/patient's reports and care as needed. Observes, records, and reports to the physician the resident's/patient's reactions to the therapy programs or any changes in the resident's/patient's condition.
• Instructs, teaches and supervises residents/patients, and family/caregivers, regarding Speech therapy procedures as related to the resident's/patient's therapy programs.
• Participates in staff development activities. Participates in in-service education programs.
• Supervise CFYs as per the guidelines set forth by ASHA.
• Adheres to all applicable federal, state, local, facility and company (BHI) maintained standards of care and ethics and policies concerned with the practice of Speech therapy and among other things, personnel qualifications.
• Meets productivity and utilization expectation as established by the company.
• Completes timely clinical documentation to include functional goal setting, progress and therapeutic approach.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology
• Certificate of Clinical Competency or eligibility for Clinical Fellowship Year
• Current state licensure
• Current CPR certification

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a health care setting. This role requires regular walking to various locations around the care center.

• Incumbent may be exposed to virus, disease and infection from patients and specimens in working environment.
• Incumbent may be required to work extended periods of time at a video display terminal.
• Incumbent may experience traumatic situations, including psychiatric, and deceased patients.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day.
• The employee must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds.

Requirements

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a Florida AHCA Level 2 background screening in accordance with state regulations.

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TRAVEL

• No travel is expected for this position