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Travel Speech Language Pathologist - Long Term Care - $2,667 per week FlexCare Allied
Saint Joseph, MOToday
| Location | Saint Joseph, MO |
Med Ninjas is seeking a travel Speech Language Pathologist for a travel job in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Job Summary (List Format):
- Develop and implement treatment plans to improve swallowing, cognitive, and communication abilities, and reduce aspiration risks.
- Utilize communication techniques to enhance both expressive and receptive language skills for patients.
- Lead, guide, and direct speech language pathology and audiology services within the facility.
- Ensure services comply with local, state, and federal regulations, as well as facility policies and procedures.
- Provide appropriate care and therapeutic services to residents in both short-term rehab and long-term care settings.
- Collaborate closely with nursing staff, doctors, and other therapy team members to coordinate patient care.
- Treat a diverse patient population with a variety of cognitive, dietary, and neurological diagnoses.
- Work within a busy, supportive, and high-energy skilled nursing and post-acute rehabilitation environment.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of skilled nursing home regulations, procedures, laws, and guidelines.
- Participate in building and improving long-term care and therapy programming for the facility.
- Maintain required licenses and certifications (MO State SLP License, CCC certification, valid driver’s license).
- Adhere to the facility’s dress code (scrubs).
Med Ninjas Job ID #18894. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
At Med Ninjas, we make travel healthcare simple, so you can focus on what matters: caring for patients. We match nurses and allied professionals with assignments that fit their lives, backed by a team that actually picks up the phone.
We're a staffing agency built around one idea: healthcare professionals deserve a partner as invested in their success as they are in their patients'.
On assignment with Med Ninjas, you get medical, 401(k), housing/travel support, plus a dedicated recruiter who knows your name and your goals. With a 5.0 rating from our travelers, we earn that trust one assignment at a time.
Travel with confidence. Grow with Med Ninjas.