Job Description
Speech Language Pathologist Traveler at UCHealth summary:
A Speech Language Pathologist Traveler provides direct patient care through comprehensive evaluations and personalized therapy plans to address speech, language, voice, and swallowing disorders. They educate patients, families, and caregivers, and collaborate with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure coordinated, holistic care. This role requires a master's degree, certification to practice in Colorado, clinical experience, and CPR/BLS certification, often involving travel assignments.
Description Location: UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital, US:CO:Fort Collins
Department: Outpatient Rehab
FTE: Full Time, 0.9, 72.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)
Shift: Days
Pay: $51.00 per hour plus travel package/stipend
LOCAL Traveler contract options available for those who reside within 75 miles
13 week assignments available - extension options
Minimum Requirements: - Masters degree in Speech Pathology or Communication Disorders
- Current certification with Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies to practice Speech Pathology required
- 1-year experience
- BLS - BLS through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date.
At UCHealth, We Improve Lives Picture yourself on a dynamic team improving lives in the following way(s):
- Provides top of scope practice in direct patient care to provide various imaging and radiologic procedures
- Values a multidisciplinary team approach to achieve exceptional outcomes
- Models proficiency through precepting those new to imaging and/or UCHealth
- Welcomes new knowledge in a fast paced, innovative clinical environment
- Contributes to secure safety and quality at the point of care
Speech Language Pathologist:
- Conduct comprehensive evaluations of patients' speech, language, voice, and other related abilities.
- Make a profound impact as you create and execute personalized therapy plans based on assessment findings and patient goals.
- Provide extensive education to patients, their families, and caregivers regarding their communication or swallowing disorder, prognosis, therapy techniques and home practice strategies.
- Work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals (e.g. physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupation therapists, audiologists, teachers) to ensure coordinated and holistic patient care.
We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.
UCHealth invests in its Workforce.
UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package: - Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
- 403(b) with employer matching contributions
- Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank
- Employer-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options
- Employer paid short term disability and long-term disability with buy-up coverage options
- Wellness benefits
- Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs
- Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year
UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.
UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.
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Keywords:
speech language pathology, travel therapist, patient care, speech therapy, communication disorders, therapy plans, multidisciplinary healthcare, clinical evaluations, outpatient rehabilitation, healthcare travel jobs
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Full time, Contract work, Temporary work, Local area, Flexible hours, Shift work,