Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - PRN
Posted Oct 1, 2025 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a patient with aphasia you helped communicate. What strategies worked?
What they are checking: Whether they have practical, patient-centered approaches to language disorders.
Tell me about working with OT and PT on a patient with both cognitive and physical deficits.
What they are checking: Whether they coordinate well within the interdisciplinary rehab team.
Tell me about a time a patient's condition changed during your session. What did you do?
What they are checking: Whether they notice medical changes and escalate quickly.
What would you do
A patient on a modified diet keeps asking for regular food, and the family brings some in. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can balance patient choice, education and aspiration risk with care.
How do you make sure nursing staff follow your swallowing recommendations at every meal?
What they are checking: Whether they communicate recommendations clearly and follow up to keep patients safe.
As a PRN SLP, how do you get up to speed on a patient you have not seen before?
What they are checking: Whether they can step in safely with limited background and keep care consistent.
About the work
Walk me through how you evaluate swallowing in a patient after a stroke. When do you recommend an instrumental study?
What they are checking: Whether they can assess dysphagia safely and know when bedside evaluation is not enough.
How do you treat cognitive and communication deficits after a brain injury in an inpatient rehab setting?
What they are checking: Whether they handle cognitive-communication therapy, which is a large part of rehab SLP work.
How do you set goals that matter to the patient's daily life?
What they are checking: Whether they connect therapy to real functional communication and eating goals.
How do you teach families to support communication and safe swallowing at home?
What they are checking: Whether they can train caregivers in clear and practical ways.
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