Speech Therapist - Northern Oaks

SPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST – FULL TIME – ABILENE, TX
Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation Center in Abilene, TX,  is currently seeking a full time SLP to join our fun, in-house therapy team.
  • Practice to the top of your license! Clinical development, career growth, and work life balance!
  • In house therapy – job stability
  • Clinical mentorship – job shadowing
  • Leadership development
  • Clinical and Program development
  • Work life balance- flex schedule –competitive benefits
  • Strong infection control to prevent COVID and keep staff/residents safe
Northern Oaks Living & Rehabilitation is a skilled nursing facility with long term care, post-acute rehab, and geriatric outpatient therapy services provided. As part of this amazing team of clinicians, you will have opportunities for training and continuing education in Think Thin/dysphagia, Abilities Care and dementia, stroke and neuro rehabilitation, and respiratory/COVID recovery programs. 
  
Experience/Qualifications:
Licensed Speech Language Pathologist
This position is open to SLPs at all experience levels.
 
Some of the duties for this position will include:
  • Effectively screens/evaluates patients and/ with communication, cognitive or swallowing disorders and develops appropriate plan of care following all regulatory and clinical practice standards.
  • Provides rehabilitative, skilled and medically necessary treatment intervention to patients with communication, cognitive and/or swallowing disorders per regulatory and clinical practice requirements.
  • Evaluates treatment outcomes for effectiveness. Services are modified in relation to patient evaluation and referrals are made in relation to outcomes.
  • Provides consultation and counseling to patients, as well as families, caregivers and other service providers related to the speech disorders.
  • Provides comprehensive discharge summary of services provided per regulatory and clinical requirements.
  • Documents all regulatory and clinically required information in the electronic documentation system and maintains patient records according to company policy.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.