Speech Therapist II

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental insurance

Life Insurance

Short/Long-term Disability

Tuition Reimbursement

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Paid Time Off

Bereavement Leave

Job summary

Baptist Health Rehab Services is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist to identify, assess, and treat cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders across age groups. The SLP will counsel patients, caregivers, and staff and perform comprehensive diagnostic evaluations for adults and pediatrics.

Requires a Master's in Speech-Language Pathology, KY license, and ASHA CCC-SLP. CCC-SLP must be obtained within 9 months for full-time and 18 months for part-time staff.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology required.
• License to practice Speech-Language Pathology in Kentucky required.
• ASHA CCC-SLP certification must be obtained within 9 months for full-time employees and 18 months for part-time employees.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Cognitive-communication therapy

Assessment skills

Treatment planning

Communication with patients caregivers

Education

Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

KY State SLP License

ASHA CCC-SLP certification

Job description

Summary

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. 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 full[1]time 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

• Health, Vision, Dental, and Pet Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long-term Disability and Life Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets) PTO
• Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial assistance
• Retirement with Company Match

Company Overview

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.

EEO 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.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

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.