Speech Therapist (40 hours per week) #3405
We’re growing our Rehab team and looking for a Speech Therapist!
This role offers a great variety—working with both pediatric and adult patients in inpatient, outpatient, and nursing home settings. You’ll also have the opportunity to perform video swallow studies as part of your practice.
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Monday - Friday
Hours are flexible between 7:00 AM and 5:30 PM.
Position Summary:
The Speech Language Pathologist is a specially trained member of the health care team that develops and implements individualized and group treatment plans to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.
Job Relationships:
Reports to Director of Rehab Services. Supervises: Speech Therapy Students. Collaboration: All members of the health care team, physicians, and support staff.
Consultation: other healthcare providers, industry and community.
Primary Customer Served:
Infant (0-1yr)
Pediatric (1 – 12 years)
Adolescent (13 – 18 years)
Adult (19 – 65 years)
Geriatric (> 66 years)
Family/Visitors
Physicians
Community Agencies
Education and Training Required:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, or a similarly titled area that is consistent and acceptable to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- Possess or be eligible for a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Wisconsin as a SLP.
- BLS certification required.
Experience:
Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Entry level or advanced level clinical skills.
Must be self-motivated and able to work independently.
Must possess good organizational and time management skills.
Physical Requirements:
- Frequently stand and walk.
- Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds while transferring and positioning patients, performing patient care and maneuvering equipment.
- Occasionally push/pull with up to 50 pounds of force for transporting patients and maneuvering equipment.
- Occasionally carry up to 50 pounds while performing patient care.
- Occasionally climb stairs/ladders/ramps while performing patient care/instruction.
- Frequently balance yourself and/or patients while performing patient care.
- Frequently bend to floor, squat, crouch, reach overhead, handle objects including controls, levers, knobs, and switches while performing patient care.
- Frequently feel, finger, maintain sustained grip and smell while performing patient assessment and care.
Benefits:
RAMC offers an extensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and families.
We are committed to fostering a supportive and balanced work environment that encourages professional growth and personal well-being. Our focus on employee health and satisfaction is a cornerstone of our success.