SLP

Job Description

Job Description

Sugar Land Health Care Center has an amazing opportunity for a new Full Time Speech Language Pathologist ( SLP) to join their In-House Rehab Team in Sugarland, TX!

Nestled in a charming Sugar Land neighborhood, Sugar Land Health Care Center is one of the area’s leading providers of quality rehabilitation, memory, and skilled nursing care. The warm and caring atmosphere at Sugar Land will give you hope, self-respect, and confidence. Our goal is to improve your comfort, safety and independence. Whether you are with us for a short time or longer term, you will experience firsthand how we treat each of our residents with the utmost dignity and compassion, while providing professional quality healthcare each and every day.

Sugar Land Health Care Center offers specialty programs in rehabilitation, memory care, wound care and tracheotomy care. Our Transitional Care Unit offers a distinct rehabilitation neighborhood with private rooms and state of art rehabilitation services. At Sugar Land Health Care Center, our mission is to go above and beyond in meeting the healthcare needs of our patients while consistently providing the best, most personal attention possible.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Evaluate Residents conditions for swallowing or cognitive deficits
• Help Residents in their goals to improve Cognition of Swallowing
• Education for Residents and Caregivers
• Provide skilled, medically necessary speech and language therapy assessments as well as develop and implement individualized treatment plans to increase client’s independence and functioning
• Provide augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for individuals with severe expressive and / or language comprehension disorders
• Provide training and education to client, family, caregivers and other professionals as a subject matter expert
• Coordinate and collaborate with other professionals for diagnostic swallowing procedures (MBSS, FEES) as ordered by physician
• Demonstrate competent technical skills according to current Speech Therapy standards of practice
• Communicate changes in resident’s condition
• Provide accurate and timely billing records and supporting clinical documentation
• Respond to family requests and concerns timely
• Coordinate and provide training with Restorative Nursing and other Care staff
• Assure resident abuse or neglect does not occur
• Observe confidentiality and safeguards for all patient information
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements

Career Advantages :

The rehab team is strategically designed with growth, opportunity, and career enrichment in mind! We believe our commitment to compassionate care, innovative solutions, patient focused programs and a reward-for-results culture will enrich the lives of patients and employees alike. Don’t wait to start making a difference – the change begins today.

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