Speech Pathologist

Southwest Health; Platteville (WI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Southwest Health in Platteville, WI is seeking a temporary Speech Therapist to provide direct patient care up to 20 hours/week from December through March, with afternoons preferred. Requires a Master’s degree in Speech Pathology/Communicative Disorders and an active Wisconsin SLP license; CFY completion is preferred.

Responsibilities include patient care across inpatient, outpatient, and home health settings, addressing verbal expression, comprehension, reading, writing, cognition, swallowing,

Qualifications

• Must have an active Wisconsin speech-language pathology license.
• Master’s degree in Speech Pathology/Communicative Disorders from an accredited program.
• Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) completion preferred; no experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care to inpatient, outpatient, and home health using evaluation and treatment methods to improve verbal expression, comprehension, reading, writing, cognition, swallowing, and education for patients and families.

Education

Master’s degree in Speech Pathology/Communicative Disorders

Job description

• Master’s degree in Speech Pathology/Communicative Disorders by an accredited program required.
• No experience required but completion of Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) preferred.
• Active speech-language pathology license in the state of Wisconsin required.
• Must be certified in Basic Life Support (BLS).

Work Hours

We are seeking a temporary Speech Therapist to work up to 20 hours/week from approximately December - March. Afternoons preferred.

Job Summary

Provides direct patient care to inpatient, outpatient, and home health through the use of evaluation methods and treatment strategies to improve verbal expression, auditory comprehension, reading comprehension, written expression, cognition, swallowing/feeding, and for providing education and counseling pertaining to the patient’s deficits.

Contact Information

We believe that together we can change lives, and we anticipate your life will change in the process. If you aspire to help others find hope and live better.

Southwest Health is truly an outstanding place to work. A full benefit package is available for employees working 20 hours/week or greater which includes: Health, Dental, Vision and Life insurance. Also available are long and short term disability, cell phone discount, flexible spending plan, paid time off, retirement plan with an employer contribution, fitness membership discount as well as use of exercise equipment at the facility.

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