Speech Language Pathologist PRN

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Preventive Plan

Retirement Plans

Job summary

BHS Baptist Health Rehab Services in Kentucky is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist (full-time, days) to identify, assess, and treat patients with cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders. The SLP provides counseling and education to patients, caregivers, and staff.

This role involves conducting comprehensive diagnostic evaluations for neonates to adults and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to optimize swallowing and communication outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology completed or in progress.
• CCC-SLP must be obtained within 9 months for full-time employees and 18 months for part-time employees.
• Current and valid Kentucky SLP license.
• Maintain ASHA CCC-SLP certification.
• BLS certification within 30 days.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and treat patients with cognitive-communication and/or swallowing disorders.
• Provide counseling/education to patients, caregivers, and staff.
• Conduct comprehensive diagnostic evaluations for adults with cognitive-communication disorders.
• Evaluate feeding/swallowing disorders across neonates to adults.

Skills

CCC-SLP Certification status

BLS Certification

Education

Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

KY State SLP License

ASHA CCC-SLP Certification

Job description

Summary Job Description

Baptist Health Rehab Services provides a full range of physical, occupational, and speech therapy services for all ages. Our therapists and assistants are trained in treating neurological, orthopedic, vestibular, lymphedema, pediatrics, industrial medicine, swallowing, and speech and language disorders.

Job Title

Speech-Language Pathologist (Full-time, Days)

Job Description

The Speech-Language Pathologist is responsible for identifying, assessing, and treating patients with cognitive-communication and/or swallowing disorders. The SLP also provides counseling/education to patients, caregivers, and staff regarding cognitive-communication and/or swallowing disorders. Conduct comprehensive diagnostic evaluations for adults who exhibit cognitive-communication disorders and for neonates, infants, pediatrics, and adults who exhibit feeding/ swallowing disorders.

Requirements

• Masters Degree - Speech Language Pathology
• Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) Must be obtained within 9 months for fulltime employees and 18 months for part-time employees.
• Current and valid license to practice Speech-Language Pathology in the state of Kentucky
• Maintain Certification of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Must obtain BLS within 30 days

Benefits

• Preventive Plan
• Retirement Plans

About Baptist Health

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law.

Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

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Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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