Position Type: Full Time
Location: Endwell, New York
Salary / Wage: N/A
Company: WellStaff
Description: A skilled nursing facility located in Endwell, NY with an interdisciplinary health team consisting of Rehabilitation Physicians, Rehabilitation Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech-Language Pathologists.
New Grads:
Many of our client facilities are New Grad friendly, and traveling with WellStaff can be a fun and rewarding start to your career.
Job Description:
Adhere to professional, ethical and legal standards of practice.
Teach patients how to make sounds, improve their voices, or increase their oral or written language skills to communicate more effectively.
Teach individuals how to strengthen muscles or use compensatory strategies to swallow without choking or inhaling food or liquid.
Help patients develop, or recover, reliable communication and swallowing skills so patients can fulfill their educational, vocational, and social roles.
Keep records on the initial evaluation, progress, and discharge of clients.
Counsel individuals and their families concerning communication disorders and how to cope with the stress and misunderstanding that often accompanies them.
Work with family members to recognize and change behavior patterns that impede communication and treatment and show them communication-enhancing techniques to use at home
About WellStaff:
WellStaff is a full service travel therapy staffing agency specializing in the placement of Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapy Assistants, and Speech Language Pathologists in assignments across the United States.
As a WellStaff contractor, you can expect to receive:
Corporate Furnished Housing
Travel Allowance
Meals and Incidentals Allowance
401K
Day One Medical Benefits
Generous referral bonuses when you a refer a friend
Earned CEU credits
State Licensure Assistance
Free direct deposit.
Free professional liability and Worker's Compensation insurance.
At WellStaff our 15+ years of providing staffing services has allowed us to create a delivery model that is both progressive and scalable to answer the needs of even the most demanding customers and candidates.
Requirements:
Graduate of a school of Speech Language Pathology accredited in the United States
Current Licensure as a Speech Language Pathologist and the ability to obtain state licensure
Current CPR Certifcation required
Application must also be submitted through external website.
Expires: March 1, 2012
