Speech Language Path PRN - Inpatient Rehab

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Student loan assistance

Certification support

Dependent scholarships

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist for the Inpatient Rehab unit at Medical City Plano. The role focuses on improving communication, cognitive skills, and swallowing through evidence-based care within a collaborative rehabilitation team.

Responsibilities include evaluating patients, developing individualized treatment plans, documenting care, and educating families about goals and home strategies. The position emphasizes coordinated care and smooth transitions across teams.

Qualifications

• Basic Cardiac Life Support certification within 30 days of start date.
• Licensed or eligible as Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP).
• Master's degree required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities using structured assessments and observations.
• Developing and adjusting individualized treatment plans to improve communication and safe swallowing.
• Documenting evaluations, daily notes, progress updates, and discharge summaries.
• Educating patients and families on therapy goals, safety recommendations, and home strategies.
• Collaborating with physicians, nursing, rehabilitation staff, and care managers to support coordinated care and transitions.

Skills

Basic Life Support

Education

Masters Degree

SLP Certification

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Speech Language Pathologist - Inpatient Rehab today with Medical City Plano.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Speech Therapist (SLP),youllhelp patients improve their communication, cognitive, andswallowingabilities through skilled, evidence-based care. Your role is key in helping patients make progress and independence while working closely with a supportive, collaborative rehabilitation team.Youllhave the opportunity to practice in a well-resourced, consistent environment that values your clinical judgement and protects your time through clear caseloads, streamlined workflows, and network-backed clinical collaboration.

Your role will include:

• Evaluatingcommunication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities using structured assessments, standardized tools, and clinical observation
• Developing and adjustingindividualized treatment plans that support communication clarity, safe swallowing, and functional progress
• Documentingevaluations, daily notes, progress updates, and discharge summaries with accuracy and timeliness
• Educatingpatients and families on therapy goals, safety recommendations, home strategies, and expected progress
• Collaboratingwith physicians, nursing teams, rehabilitation staff, and care managers to support coordinated care and smooth transitions

What qualifications you will need:

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• (SLP) Speech-Language Pathologist
• Masters Degree
• This position will be for the inpatient rehab unit

Benefits

Medical City Plano, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Medical City Plano opened in 1975 and provides Plano and Collin County with advanced health care. Medical City Plano is a 600+ bed acute care hospital. We have more than 2,000 employees and over 1,400 physicians on staff. Our main campus in Plano has a cancer treatment center and cardiovascular programs. We have The Bariatric Surgery Institute, a Wound Care Center and inpatient rehabilitation. We also offer complete womens and childrens services. This includes a high-risk antepartum unit and a Level 3 neonatal intensive-care unit. We were the first hospital in Dallas, Collin or Denton counties to be named a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Medical City Plano was the first Level I Trauma Center in Collin County and The Burn & Reconstructive Center of Texas was the first burn center in Collin County. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals and specialists, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."
- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Speech Language Pathologist - Inpatient Rehab opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.