Staff Speech Language Pathologist

Boys Town • Omaha, NE

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Boys Town National Research Hospital (BTNRH) is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist to provide evaluation and intervention services for patients, clients in outpatient clinics, and students in school-based services who have hearing loss or disorders of communication, feeding, or swallowing. This role involves direct patient care, consultation, research assistance, training program development, mentorship, quality improvement initiatives, and patient education. The position also requires flexibility to float to other specialty clinics as needed and promotes a positive team environment.

Requirements

• Master's of Science or Master of Art degree in Speech/Language Pathology required.
• Possession of, or eligibility for, appropriate state licensing required.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) after completion of Clinical Fellowship Year required.
• Flexibility to provide on-call (continuously or rotationally) support, including evening, weekend, or holiday work if needed required.

Responsibilities

• Provides evaluations of auditory, communication, developmental, and/or academic skills primarily for infants and children, or adults with hearing loss or disorders of communication, feeding, or swallowing.
• Provides direct and consultative developmentally appropriate habilitative and rehabilitative treatment services to patients served in a variety of settings, which may include the acute care unit, intensive care unit, craniofacial clinical unit, psychiatric unit, preschool, patient’s home environment or outpatient clinics in the domains of speech, language, cognition, voice, feeding, and swallowing.
• Consults with medical, dietary, clinical, educational personnel, families, and other staff, including officers from other agencies as needed to ensure excellence in patient care.
• Assists in recruitment, design, or implementation of selected clinical research projects.
• Prepares and maintains reports/records on patients, clients, and students.
• Participates in the development and implementation of training programs/materials for families and professionals.
• Participates in mentorship of graduate students and clinical fellows in the area of assessment and intervention for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have disorders affecting communication, language, feeding, and swallowing.
• Assists with identified quality improvement initiatives by monitoring records of individuals served in clinical and educational programs.
• Provides patient care and education according to the patient population served.
• Promotes a positive team environment.
• Willingly floats to other specialty clinics to fulfill staffing needs.

Benefits

• Excellent Benefits Package
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Separate Sick Time accrual
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability
• Paid Professional Development
• Licensure & Credentialing
• Reduced to no cost visits for services performed by a Boys Town provider at a Boys Town location for employees and their dependents enrolled in medical benefits
• Low to zero-dollar co-pays on certain maintenance drugs
• No cost mental health visits to an in-network provider
• Generous match on their 401K or 401K Roth account
• Parenting resources from our experts
• Professional development opportunities within the organization

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level