Speech Language Pathologist

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center•Gilbert, AZ

4d•$39 - $58

About The Position

The Speech Language Pathologist is a clinician who assesses, diagnoses, and treats communication and swallowing disorders to improve patients’ quality of life. The role conducts comprehensive evaluations for referred patients, develops and implements individualized treatment plans, and contributes clinical expertise to the development and improvement of treatment programs and protocols, as well as departmental and organizational goals. Success requires advanced clinical knowledge, strong diagnostic and therapeutic skills, and a compassionate, patient-centered approach. The position includes reviewing patient records; administering appropriate standardized and non-standardized assessment methods while accounting for cultural and linguistic factors; identifying severity levels; and considering prognostic factors, including developmental and acquired brain injury. The clinician sets measurable short- and long-term goals focused on functional outcomes, adjusts plans as medical conditions, needs, progress, and risks change, coordinates care with the interdisciplinary team, and makes referrals as appropriate. Treatment strategies should be evidence-based, age-, culture-, and language-sensitive, and revised as needed. The role also applies learning, behavioral, and pragmatic tools and procedures. The position is based at Mercy Gilbert Medical Center’s new Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which provides maternal and pediatric care. The organization emphasizes innovation, collaboration, health equity, social justice, and compassionate, patient-centered care.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited program.
Licensed by the Arizona State Board as a Speech Language Pathologist.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support certificate.

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive evaluations for referred patients.
Review patient records and administer appropriate standardized and non-standardized assessment tools and methods, accounting for cultural and linguistic factors.
Identify accurate severity levels and weigh prognostic factors, including developmental and acquired brain injury factors.
Set measurable short- and long-term goals focused on functional outcomes.
Modify treatment plans based on changes in medical condition, needs, progress, and risk factors.
Coordinate plans with the interdisciplinary team and refer patients to other services as needed.
Select evidence-based intervention strategies that incorporate age, culture, and linguistic factors, and revise interventions appropriately.
Apply learning, behavioral, and pragmatic tools and procedures.
Contribute clinical expertise to develop and upgrade treatment programs and protocols.
Share expertise and knowledge as a resource.