Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist

About the role

ActivCare Communities are senior living communities built around a promise to love and care for each family as they do their own, combining highly individualized care, 24/7 nursing, specialized memory care, and support for residents as their needs change. The Speech‑Language Pathologist works not in isolation but in the residents’ homes, seeing how communication, cognition, swallowing, and functional independence affect daily life, collaborating with caregivers, nurses, families, activities and life enrichment teams, and other clinicians to make therapy functional and meaningful.

Responsibilities

• Help a resident with dementia communicate a need that others are struggling to understand
• Develop strategies that help a resident participate more successfully in conversation
• Support cognitive‑communication skills that allow a resident to remain as independent as possible
• Evaluate and treat swallowing and feeding‑related concerns within your scope of practice
• Help caregivers understand how to communicate with residents experiencing cognitive change
• Create environmental and communication strategies that reduce frustration and increase participation
• Support safe and meaningful mealtimes
• Help families understand what is changing—and what can still be preserved
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team when a resident's function or communication changes
• Help residents remain connected to the people and activities that matter to them

Qualifications

• California‑licensed Speech‑Language Pathologist
• Love working with older adults
• Strong clinical skills in cognition and/or swallowing
• Understanding of dementia and neurodegenerative conditions—or a desire to become exceptionally skilled in this area
• Functional thinking rather than purely diagnostic
• Comfort collaborating with caregivers and families
• Ability to translate complex clinical information into language people actually understand
• Creative, patient, and curious
• Able to work independently while remaining highly collaborative
• Take pride in the quality of clinical work
• Believe dignity and autonomy are integral to clinical care
• Senior living experience is a plus (but not required)

Benefits

• Access to modern technology and a therapy platform designed around clinicians, including AI‑enabled documentation tools
• Clinical infrastructure: standards, resources, mentorship, and a growing clinical community
• Operational support: Prava handles behind‑the‑scenes infrastructure so you can focus more on clinical work
• Embedded model: you become part of the community rather than a therapist who drops in and disappears
• Opportunities to grow clinically, contribute to the Prava model, and expand your role as the community and program grow