Full employer posting
🌟 Travel Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) – Skilled Nursing Facility 📍 Dayton, OH | Southwest Ohio Ready for your next travel SLP adventure in Ohio? Ardor Health Solutions is seeking a Travel Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) for a rewarding Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) assignment in Dayton, Ohio! Make a meaningful difference helping patients regain their communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities while enjoying a city filled with history, entertainment, and plenty to explore on your days off! 🌟 Assignment Highlights 🏥 Setting: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 📍 Location: Dayton, Ohio 💰 Competitive weekly travel pay package 🧠 Work with patients requiring speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing rehabilitation 🤝 Collaborate with an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team 🌆 Enjoy Dayton's restaurants, breweries, entertainment, and historic neighborhoods ✈️ Explore the National Museum of the U.
S. Air Force, one of the area's most popular attractions 🌳 Spend your days off exploring Five Rivers MetroParks, scenic trails, and outdoor recreation 🚗 Convenient location for weekend trips to Cincinnati and Columbus 🩺 Benefits & Perks Competitive weekly travel compensation Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Licensure reimbursement & CEU assistance Dedicated recruiter support throughout your assignment Nationwide travel therapy opportunities 💬
Evaluate and treat patients in a skilled nursing and rehabilitation environment. Develop individualized treatment plans addressing speech, language, cognition, communication, and swallowing disorders. Provide skilled dysphagia evaluation and treatment, including appropriate swallowing strategies and patient education.
Work with patients recovering from strokes, neurological conditions, illness, injury, or hospitalization. Address cognitive-communication deficits involving memory, attention, problem-solving, and executive functioning. Help patients improve functional communication and independence in daily activities.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers on therapeutic strategies and safe swallowing techniques. Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, dietary services, and the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team. Complete accurate and timely clinical documentation. 📋 Requirements Active Ohio Speech-Language Pathologist license or eligibility to obtain.
Graduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited program. Previous SNF/LTC or post-acute rehabilitation experience preferred. Experience with dysphagia management and cognitive-communication disorders preferred.
Current BLS certification. Strong clinical reasoning, communication, and patient care skills. Ability to collaborate effectively with an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
About the role
Make a meaningful difference helping patients regain their communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities while enjoying a city filled with history, entertainment, and plenty to explore on your days off!