Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital : Job Details

Hiring for both PT and FT!!

UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital is proud to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Best Rehabilitation Hospitals in 2023. UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital is a 50-bed inpatient acute rehabilitation hospital operated jointly by Lifepoint Health in partnership with UW Health and UnityPoint Health – Meriter. A career at UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital is more than a job. It's a chance to be a vital member of an interdisciplinary team caring for people in the City of Four Lakes who need continued care to recover completely.

You have specialized skills and our patients in the Madison metropolitan area need them! If you are an enthusiastic individual seeking an environment dedicated to superior patient care and an organization with a strong mission to serve our community, we invite you to apply!

Our Benefits:

• Tuition assistance/reimbursement• Low therapist-to-patient ratios• Comprehensive benefit package• Professional development and advancement opportunities• Targeted approach to career development• Strong interdisciplinary teamwork opportunities• Superior quality patient outcomes• Supportive leadership and culture• CEU Support• State-of-the-art equipment

What you will do in this role:

• Performs patient assessment

• Provides care in accordance with physician's orders and established plan of care

• Assesses the effectiveness of treatment and modifies treatment to achieve goals

• Plans for patient discharge. Communicates with patient, family, caregivers, significant other, and members of the healthcare team to achieve rehabilitation goals and promote maximum benefits of care

• Participates in performance improvement and program development activities

• Provides input into the budgetary planning process; contributing to cost effectiveness of services and programs provided by the department

• Other duties as assigned

• A bachelor's and master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Communicative Disorders, or similarly title area that is consistent and acceptable to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Possess or eligible for a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or be eligible to participate as an ASHA Clinical Fellow (CFY)

• Licensed or eligible for licensure in state

• Current Basic Life Support/CPR card

UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital strives to maximize the health, function, and quality of life of those we serve through comprehensive physical medicine and rehabilitation programs. We are accredited by The Joint Commission and CARF-accredited for our Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Program and Stroke Specialty Program.