Therapist / Massachusetts / Speech Pathologist Job

Encompass Health of Braintree, MA is a 178-bed acute rehabilitation hospital, south of Boston. We provide comprehensive Inpatient care for orthopedic, neurologic, multi-trauma, brain injury, stroke, pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation needs.

We are a hospital setting able to admit medically complex patients with a sole commitment to rehabilitation and recovery after a serious medical event.

With an average length of stay between 1-3 weeks, we have the ability to get to know our patients and their families. We are proud of the fact that 80% of the patients admitted to Encompass Health of Braintree, MA are discharged directly to their homes.

Come see how we are changing people’s lives- everyday. Maybe you can too!

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Proud to be one of Fortune Magazine’s World Most Admired Companies for multiple years!

Speech Language Pathologists are a key member of the rehab team of SLP, OT, PT, Nursing and Medical staff.

As a Speech Pathologist at Encompass Health you will:

• Work with patients recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or Parkinson ’s disease in their acute phase of rehabilitation.
• Be providing 3 hours of therapy a day between SLP, OT, PT
• Enjoy our Clinical Ladders Program to develop you as a therapist.
• Have opportunities to lead group therapy (aphasia group, Parkinson’s speech group, memory group).
• Have opportunities for training and continuing education in stroke and neuro rehabilitation.
• Work in a supportive team environment.
• Have exposure to Visipitch technology, BITS technology
• Work with a collaborative team process with case management, nursing, PT, OT, MD for patient care.
• Work with a team of 5-7 full time SLP’s .
• Evaluate and treat impairments including aphasia, dysphagia, cognitive-linguistic impairments, motor speech impairments, trach weaning.
• Administer assessment protocols including MOCA, RBANS, WAB, CLQT, ALFA, BDAE, SLUMS, SCCAN, JFK CRS-R
• Enjoy guaranteed 40-hour work week

We use evidence-based practice guidelines to treat our patients.  We utilize our clinical outcomes to assess and improve our treatment interventions and programs. We participate in a national outcomes database, which provides benchmarks and sophisticated outcome reports to help us continually analyze and improve our patient outcomes.

License or Certification:
- CCC and experience with medically acute patients.
- CPR certification preferred unless otherwise required by hospital policy.
Education, Training and Experience
- Successful completion of an accredited Master's Degree Program.

Keywords: SLP, SLP-CCC, Inpatient Rehabilitation, Acute Rehabilitation, Acute Rehab, Adult Rehabilitation, Physical Rehabilitation, Neurologic, Stroke, Head Injury, Brain Injury, CVA, Swallowing disorders, 02184

Job Code: 100031