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The Speech-Language Pathologist organizes and provides speech-language services to facilitate rehabilitation. Will direct patient participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance. The Speech-Language Pathologist facilitates the learning of skills and functions essential for communication and swallowing, to diminish or remediate disorders or deficits. 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Screens, examines and evaluates patients, including history, systems review, and application of appropriate tests and measures.
• Provides synthesis information and interprets examination findings in order to establish a diagnosis, identify impairments, determine the predicted level of improvement and the time required to achieve it, identify precautions/contraindications and design and plan of care.
• Develops appropriate treatment goals and methods in collaboration with the patient and caregivers.
• Implements the speech language pathology treatment plan, and completes all related documentation and record keeping regarding these services.
• Services application of therapeutic techniques in areas such as: cognitive-communication; speech intelligibility; oral motor skills; swallowing disorders/dysphagia; perceptual abilities; orientation; memory; pragmatics; psychosocial expression; and/or functional communication.
• Attends and contributes to patient care, staffing conferences and other related meetings.

Related Experience: 

• 1 year of experience in health care setting.
• Demonstrates sincere interest in working with frail senior participants.
• Demonstrates ability to work as part of the interdisciplinary team and make meaningful contributions to the development of the plan of care.

Education or Degree Requirement:

• Speech Language Pathology degree and completion of CCCs. 
• A master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Communicative Disorders or similarly titled area that is consistent and acceptable to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Licenses, Certifications, Registrations:

 Possess or be eligible for a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or be eligible to participate as an ASHA Clinical Fellow (CFY). 

Must have current unrestricted licensed as required in the state of Pennsylvania.

Wesley Enhanced Living is ranked by our employees as the top PA-based aging services company on the Fortune Best Workplaces in Aging Services list. We are certified as a Great Place to Work year after year. And there’s a good reason for that. Our employees love where they work because of our supportive culture and a workplace that makes you feel welcome and valued. There’s a strong family bond between our staff and residents like none other. Our employees are proud to work here, make a compelling difference in the lives of our residents, and often say: ‘It’s not just a job’!

Our benefits and workplace flexibility are top-notch and include:

• Competitive Pay
• Professional Development and Advancement opportunities
• Health, Dental, & Life Insurance
• 401(k) plans with generous match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Daily Pay

We welcome your application and invite you to visit: www.wel.org to learn more about our organization.

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