Speech Therapist - PT or PRN - Avamere Transitional Care of Puget Sound - SPEEC026807
- Avamere Skilled Advisors, LLC d/b/a Avamere Living
- Tacoma, Washington
- Full Time
Speech Therapist**
**Status:** PT or PRN
**Wage:** $47 - $60 DOE
**Location:** Transitional Care of Puget Sound - 630 S Pearl St, Tacoma, WA 98465
**Apply online at TeamAvamere.com**
**Benefits:**
At Avamere, we believe in taking care of our employees. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. Low individual and family deductible.
- 401 (k) Plan: After 90 days of employment, with matching program.
- Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrue up to 4 weeks PTO per year, 6 holidays and accrued sick leave.
- EAP Canopy with unlimited telehealth mental health visits.
- Continuing Education and Higher Education Reimbursement.
- Generous employee referral bonus program.
- Flexible Spending Accounts & CERA: Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA and CERA (Commuter Expense Reimbursement Account).
- Professional Development: Opportunities for growth and development within the company.
- Voluntary Benefits: Life insurance, disability coverage, supplemental hospital, accident and critical illness coverage, Legal Services, Pet Insurance, discount programs and more.
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:**
- Provides speech pathology services to patients according to licensure.
- Directs and supervises the work of assistants, rehab aides, and students as applicable with state and federal guidelines.
- Follows all organizational and facility safety procedures regarding one's personal protection and patient safety.
- Expands and enhances self, in both clinical and professional knowledge through associations and continuing education.
- Supports and participates in department operations and development.
- Communicates patient status and needs to the patient, family, caregivers, or other members involved with patient care.
**ASSOCIATED RESPONSIBILITIES:**
- Performs evaluations pursuant to M.D. orders, payer authorizations, and facility/payer source guidelines.
- Develops treatment plan and provides treatment, consistent with benefit and reimbursement level for best functional outcome for the patients.
- Educates staff, other health care professionals and third party payers on the benefits and functional outcomes of interventions.
- Appropriately and effectively completes documentation including evaluations, daily progress notes, weekly summaries, or monthly reports as required.
- Meets or exceeds the productivity standards as established with Supervisor.
- Screens all individuals who may benefit from therapeutic intervention.
- Uses professional judgment to ensure safety or self, patients, and others at all times.
- Achieves quality patient care through interdisciplinary communication.
- Attends continuing education seminars/workshops to keep abreast of new clinical skills, programs, or techniques. Provides in-service training sessions or other educational presentations to company, team, or facility in order to enhance one's clinical and professional knowledge and skills.
- Provides assistants and rehab aides clear directives concerning patients and treatment plans prior to initiation of patient care.
- Confers with Director of Rehab to develop and implement new programs and techniques to enhance program utilization.
- Maintains appropriate state licensure, certification and credentialing.
- Submits billing, payroll, and expense documentation in a timely manner.
- Makes appropriate referrals to other members of the rehab team
**QUALIFICATIONS:**
Graduate of an approved curriculum in Speech Language Pathology.
Able to practice unencumbered.
In good standing with all regulatory agencies and licensing bo
**Status:** PT or PRN
**Wage:** $47 - $60 DOE
**Location:** Transitional Care of Puget Sound - 630 S Pearl St, Tacoma, WA 98465
**Apply online at TeamAvamere.com**
**Benefits:**
At Avamere, we believe in taking care of our employees. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans. Low individual and family deductible.
- 401 (k) Plan: After 90 days of employment, with matching program.
- Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrue up to 4 weeks PTO per year, 6 holidays and accrued sick leave.
- EAP Canopy with unlimited telehealth mental health visits.
- Continuing Education and Higher Education Reimbursement.
- Generous employee referral bonus program.
- Flexible Spending Accounts & CERA: Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA and CERA (Commuter Expense Reimbursement Account).
- Professional Development: Opportunities for growth and development within the company.
- Voluntary Benefits: Life insurance, disability coverage, supplemental hospital, accident and critical illness coverage, Legal Services, Pet Insurance, discount programs and more.
**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:**
- Provides speech pathology services to patients according to licensure.
- Directs and supervises the work of assistants, rehab aides, and students as applicable with state and federal guidelines.
- Follows all organizational and facility safety procedures regarding one's personal protection and patient safety.
- Expands and enhances self, in both clinical and professional knowledge through associations and continuing education.
- Supports and participates in department operations and development.
- Communicates patient status and needs to the patient, family, caregivers, or other members involved with patient care.
**ASSOCIATED RESPONSIBILITIES:**
- Performs evaluations pursuant to M.D. orders, payer authorizations, and facility/payer source guidelines.
- Develops treatment plan and provides treatment, consistent with benefit and reimbursement level for best functional outcome for the patients.
- Educates staff, other health care professionals and third party payers on the benefits and functional outcomes of interventions.
- Appropriately and effectively completes documentation including evaluations, daily progress notes, weekly summaries, or monthly reports as required.
- Meets or exceeds the productivity standards as established with Supervisor.
- Screens all individuals who may benefit from therapeutic intervention.
- Uses professional judgment to ensure safety or self, patients, and others at all times.
- Achieves quality patient care through interdisciplinary communication.
- Attends continuing education seminars/workshops to keep abreast of new clinical skills, programs, or techniques. Provides in-service training sessions or other educational presentations to company, team, or facility in order to enhance one's clinical and professional knowledge and skills.
- Provides assistants and rehab aides clear directives concerning patients and treatment plans prior to initiation of patient care.
- Confers with Director of Rehab to develop and implement new programs and techniques to enhance program utilization.
- Maintains appropriate state licensure, certification and credentialing.
- Submits billing, payroll, and expense documentation in a timely manner.
- Makes appropriate referrals to other members of the rehab team
**QUALIFICATIONS:**
Graduate of an approved curriculum in Speech Language Pathology.
Able to practice unencumbered.
In good standing with all regulatory agencies and licensing bo
Job ID: 485705420
Originally Posted on: 7/17/2025
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