Speech Language Pathologist- PRN

Job Summary:

  Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) assesses, diagnoses, develops treatment plans and treats patients with language, speech, and swallowing disorders.  The SLP monitors patients’ progress and documents.

Essential Functions

• Performing assessment, diagnoses, and developing treatment plans for language and swallowing disorders.
• Conduct tests to discover voice, speech, and swallowing abnormalities.
• Provide information to patients and families regarding speech difficulties and their causes,
• Keep meticulous records of patient symptoms, treatment plans, therapies and progress. motivating patients

Key Competencies (Knowledge, skills, abilities

• Speech Language Pathology skills and knowledge.
• Passion for language, biology and science.
• Self-Starter
• Empathy, Compassion, and patience
• Team Work 
• Communication skills (verbal and written)

• Required Education :Master’s degree in speech language pathology, speech therapy or equivalent.

• 1 – 3 years speech therapy  Hospital experience preferred

• Speech Language Pathologist license in state  (BLS) certification

  • Focus: Our facilities have an average of 30 – 35 beds, which allows our healthcare teams to focus intensely on our patients and their families. 
  • Multi-Disciplinary Interaction:  We take pride in our collaborative, multi-disciplinary team approach to care, that helps us deliver exceptional healthcare outcomes for our patients in a positive and supportive work environment.  Our clinical staff plays an important and respected role with the medical staff and administration.
  • Growth and Skills Leverage:  Use and grow your skills  - our units are entirely focused on critical care to meet the needs of our medically complex patients.  We have a new training system (MedTrainer) to support your training goals too!
  • Patient Centered:  Our Long-Term Acute Care patients stay with us an average of 25 - 30 days, which allows the clinical team to get to know the patient as a person 
  • Multi-Facility System Support:  As part of a multi-hospital system, our team benefits from sharing best practices and standards that can drive better patient outcomes. 

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