Overview:
Position: Speech Language Pathologist
Location: Regency Hospital - East Chicago & Regency Hospital - Portage, IN (must be willing to travel between two locations)
Schedule: Full-time
Sign-On Bonus: $15,000
Regency Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Speech Pathologists (SLP) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.
We support your career growth and personal well-being.
- Start Strong: Extensive and thorough Speech Pathologist orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
- Invest in Your Future: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education opportunities.
- Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
- Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program.
- Your Health Matters: Comprehensive insurance coverage, health, dental, vision, life insurance. Generous PTO and 401(K) with company match.
- Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.
Responsibilities:
- As a Speech Language Pathologist, you will take initiative, responsibility, and action every day; you understand physical, mental, psychological and social needs of your patients.
- You have an understanding of communication skills, evaluation, and treatment and a desire to work in collaboration with associates to provide quality interdisciplinary patient programming.
- You will provide a comprehensive evaluation of communication skills and/or swallowing function and provide goal-oriented treatment to facilitate maximum communication and/or swallowing potential.
- Participates with fellow staff in monitoring the quality of services provided by the Rehab Therapy Department.
- Participates in peer review for staff performance and appraisals.
- Assists in the development of the SLP role in programs and services, as well as revising the departmental policies and procedures.
- Assists in maintaining an adequate stock of supplies.
- Exhibits willingness to share professional knowledge and experience. Alerts the Manager to educational needs
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
- Current state licensure as a Speech Language Pathologist required.
- Certified BLS or completion in first 90 days of employment required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Current Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Speech Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association.
Additional Data:
Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans