Speech Pathologist

• What does it mean to be a team member at Iroquois Memorial Hospital?
• It means that the patient is truly at the center of everything we do.
• It means that the quest for excellence is not just a goal, but a given.
• It means building an environment where our providers and our employees can deliver the best in healthcare.
• It also means that each employee or volunteer is vital to the healing process, because we can only achieve the extraordinary together.

Job Title: Speech Therapist

Department: Rehab Services

Status: Full-Time

Schedule: 8am-5:00pm

• Why join our team?
• Opportunity to treat patients across the lifespan.
• Supportive and collaborative rehabilitation team.
• Meaningful work serving local patients and families.
• Variety of practice settings including clinic and hospital care. Opportunities for home health expansion as well.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.

Essential Functions

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Evaluates patient's speech/language/swallow/cognitive skills as related to his/her functional status, using standardized tests and measures. Incorporates pertinent medical information into the evaluation. Incorporates age-specific, language, and cultural needs into the individualized treatment plan.
• Formulates individualized treatment plans consistent with objective findings. Establishes time based objective, and functional short and long-term goals.
• Administers treatments and monitors each patient's responses to the treatments. Adjusts the treatment plan according to patient responses.
• Communicates effectively with patient, caregivers, physicians, members of the healthcare team, and therapy peers and director.
• Discusses clinical findings, goals, and treatments with patients and when appropriate with families/caregivers. Involves patients' families in the evaluation and treatment process especially when working with pediatric patients. Ensures that instructions and conversations with the above individuals are understood by the involved parties.
• Participates in discharge planning with patients/caregivers, physicians, nurses and social services personnel to promote timely and safe discharge arrangements.

• Experience/Education Requirements
• Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited program
• Current Illinois Speech Language Pathologist license or eligibility for licensure
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) preferred
• Current BLS certification preferred
• Experience treating pediatric and adult populations preferred
• Video swallow study certification and experience preferred
• One year clinical experience as a SLP preferred

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental/Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401K
• Paid Time Off

• Iroquois Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed hospital located in Watseka, Illinois.
• The hospital facility is comprised of clinical and diagnostic services which are dedicated to providing high quality health care services to the community.
• These services include but are not limited to an Emergency Room, full service OR suites, an inpatient care unit, therapy services, advanced medical imaging, Home Health, and Hospice Care.
• The hospital operates rural health clinics in Watseka, IL, Gilman, IL, Milford, IL, Saint Anne, IL and Kentland, IN.
• The hospital also operates a skilled nursing facility, Iroquois Resident Home, which is attached to the hospital property.

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