Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

Northbrook Center for Rehabilitation Healing is a 120-bed Skilled Nursing Facility, located in the heart of Brooksville, FL. Our facility specializes in short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. Our beautiful facility offers residents the ability to rest, recover, and return to their daily living, in a distinctly homey environment. We've garnered an outstanding reputation in the communities we serve, providing exceptional quality care, with specializations in sub-acute orthopedic, cardiac, pulmonary and neurological rehabilitation. The highly trained staff at Northbrook Center for Rehabilitation Healing is available to assist in accessing community-based services to maintain the continuum of care. Why Work For Us? Because We Offer Our Employees: * Wonderschool- a free concierge service that helps our full time employees discover and sign up for quality child care programs nearby!. * Competitive rates * Daily Pay- Work Today Get Paid Today! * Health Insurance * Dental Insurance * Vision Insurance * Paid Time Off * Holiday Pay * 401k * Direct Deposit * Development of Deep Personal Relationships with Patients and their Families #2024 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.: