Speech-Language Pathologist - Polaris Transitional and Extended Care

Polaris
Anchorage AK
Full Time
 
SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST – FULL TIME
Polaris Transitional and Extended Care Center – Anchorage, AK
Join our team and start making a difference!
 
Polaris Transitional and Extended Care Center in Anchorage, AK, is a skilled nursing facility with long term care, post-acute rehab, and geriatric outpatient therapy services provided. As part of this amazing in-house team of clinicians, you will have opportunities for training and continuing education in Think Thin/dysphagia, Abilities Care and dementia, stroke and neuro rehabilitation, and respiratory/COVID recovery programs.
 
Relocation allowance available!
Pay Range: $50.00-$65.00 hour based on experience
FULL TIME: Flexible schedule with work-life balance
Call or text Paul Medvene for more information at 949-230-8384 or e-mail PMedvene@EnsignServices.net
 
Polaris Transitional and Extended Care are high paced facilities with both short-term and long-term care:
 
The extended care facility is inspired by the Green House care model, offering top-tier skilled nursing and rehabilitation services within a homely ambiance for its residents. 96 beds spread out over 8 free standing cottages each private room converges around a spacious central area, boasting an open-plan kitchen and dining space. This design prioritizes social interactions and nurtures a cozy atmosphere.

The transitional care facility is a 50-bed high tech facility with all individual rooms and a therapy gym with all the high-tech equipment and space a passionate therapist could ask for. 
 
Anchorage, Alaska, is a beautiful city and is the gateway to many outdoor adventures. Anchorage boasts a diverse population including Alaska Native people from various tribes and cultures. This is a perfect location for your exciting lifestyle.
Duties:
• Screen and evaluate patients with communication, cognitive, or swallowing disorders, developing appropriate care plans following regulatory and clinical standards.
• Deliver rehabilitative treatment to patients with communication, cognitive, and/or swallowing disorders, ensuring compliance with regulatory and clinical practice requirements.
• Evaluate treatment outcomes, modifying services based on patient evaluation and making referrals as needed.
• Provide consultation and counseling to patients, families, caregivers, and other service providers related to speech disorders.
• Generate comprehensive discharge summaries in adherence to regulatory and clinical requirements.

Qualifications:
• Speech-Language Pathology license is required.
• Certificate of Clinical Competency required.

Are you looking for a career that will make a difference in your lives and others? Come join our amazing team where you can help express your love, compassion, energy, and creative skills for our patients!

Our company mission is to strive every day to be the skilled nursing facility of choice in our community. Our facility’s successes depend upon our highly motivated team working to improve the daily lives of our residents and driven to provide extraordinary service by creating a team that is dedicated to upholding our facility’s mission. You’ll meet a team of innovators—Nurses, Therapists and other Clinicians, all professionals at the tops of their games, genuinely committed, remarkably caring and wholeheartedly compassionate. This feeling of Family and Caring permeates everything we do and enables us to attract the most outstanding team members our community has to offer.

C.A.P.L.I.C.O.
Customer Second, Employee First
Accountability
Passion for Learning
Love one Another
Intelligent Risk Taking
Celebration
Ownership

Benefits:
• Medical, dental, vision
• 401K (Match)
• DailyPay
• Career advancement opportunities
• Scholarship Opportunities
• Employee discounts on entertainment events, hotels, movies, theme parks, cell phones, and much more!

For benefit details check us out here http://ensignbenefits.com/
Benefit eligibility dependent on employment status

Disclaimer: Pay rates are competitive and determined by various factors. Please note that any rates labeled as "estimated" are provided by third-party job boards and may not accurately reflect the actual pay rates.

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42078-AK FT - Published 2025-06-02 18:39:28 (Updated 2025-06-04 23:16:12)
 
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