Travel Speech Language Pathologist

This travel Speech Language Pathologist job in Monterey, CA with Advantis Medical is a 13-week travel Speech Language Pathologist contract at Cypress Ridge Care Center. This role pays $2,403 per week and follows a Days shift with a 5x8 schedule. In this travel Speech Language Pathologist job, you will support patient care through specialty-specific clinical services, perform assessments and treatments within your scope of practice, document patient progress, operate relevant medical equipment, and collaborate with physicians and the broader care team to help deliver quality patient outcomes. Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with personalized recruiter guidance, fast and straightforward onboarding, complimentary licensing support, and benefits that start on Day 1.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing function and establish individualized treatment plans
• Deliver skilled therapy for communication and swallowing disorders across the assigned caseload
• Assess and manage dysphagia, including diet-texture recommendations and participation in instrumental swallow studies when assigned
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers on communication and safe-swallowing strategies

Cypress Ridge Care Center - Monterey, CA Cypress Ridge Care Center in Monterey combines short-term rehabilitation with skilled nursing and long-term care. Its services include recovery after major medical events as well as support for residents with ongoing care needs.

• Physical, occupational, and speech therapy address recovery after joint replacement, cardiac events, and stroke, with treatment directed toward mobility, communication, and everyday function.
• The restorative nursing program supports long-term residents with walking, range of motion, and daily activities, and can also address positioning and contracture management.
• Pain management combines medication with other approaches to support participation in rehabilitation. Patients also receive information about managing pain after returning home.
• Complex wound care covers pressure injuries, diabetic and vascular ulcers, ostomies, and wound separation.
• A medical director and nursing director oversee care plans. Restorative nurse assistants work under therapist guidance, while a rehabilitation director leads the therapy program.