Ingalls Memorial Hospital I Speech Language Pathologist I PRN/Registry I Days
About The Position
Ingalls Memorial Hospital is hiring a Speech Language Pathologist for its Harvey location. The role serves individuals, families, and groups from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, providing services based on available research evidence, clinical judgment, and clients’ preferences and values. The position addresses typical and atypical communication and swallowing needs, including speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language comprehension and expression, cognition, feeding, and swallowing. Services are provided to people from birth throughout the lifespan. The Speech Language Pathologist supports Ingalls Memorial Hospital’s philosophy, mission, and vision and follows hospital policies, procedures, and standards of care. The role adheres to corporate compliance requirements and communicates issues to the appropriate parties as outlined in the Corporate Compliance Plan. Consistent with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Scope of Practice, the overall objective is to optimize individuals’ ability to communicate and swallow and improve quality of life by reducing impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions, and contextual barriers. The position provides direct and indirect supervision for patient-related activities, delegates appropriate tasks to Rehabilitation Aides and nursing staff, and functions as a clinical instructor for Speech Pathology students according to department protocol. This is a PRN/Registry position on the day shift, with scheduled hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Therapy department. The position is non-union.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited program.
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC), or Clinical Fellow (CF) status with eligibility.
- Illinois state licensure or eligibility for licensure.
- Active Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Basic computer proficiency.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate with people from other cultures and with language or cognitive impairments.
- Foreign graduates must submit certification of passage of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Test of Spoken English (TSE).
Nice To Haves
- Advanced certification or previous experience may be required for specific practice areas to address patient care needs.
Responsibilities
- Provide speech-language pathology services to individuals, families, and groups across the lifespan and from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
- Address communication and swallowing needs, including speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language, cognition, feeding, and swallowing.
- Apply research evidence and clinical judgment while considering clients’ individual preferences and values.
- Support the hospital’s philosophy, mission, and vision, and adhere to hospital policies, procedures, standards of care, and corporate compliance requirements.
- Communicate compliance issues to appropriate parties as outlined in the Corporate Compliance Plan.
- Provide direct and indirect supervision for patient-related activities and appropriately delegate tasks to Rehabilitation Aides and nursing staff.
- Serve as a clinical instructor for Speech Pathology students according to department protocol.
