Speech & Language Pathologist

Speech & Language Pathologist (SLP)

Share your talents in providing compassionate and high quality patient care in a specialty clinic setting, ensuring the well-being and comfort of patients while supporting the clinic's mission and goals. We need your expertise to keep our community healthy and thriving!

Where you'll live: Our community combines the best of both worlds by fostering a growing outdoor industry business hub in the heart of Colorado's Rocky Mountains. The Gunnison Valley, which includes the towns of Gunnison and Crested Butte, is a vibrant community of entrepreneurs and adventurers. We are deeply connected with our surrounding environment, neighbors and growing community. This is the kind of place where hard work is rewarded, whether that means a day on the mountain or at the office.

Requirements: To be seriously considered for this role, you'll need to have:

• Master's Degree from an approved program of Speech/Language Pathology.
• Minimum 2 years experience clinical training with a variety of client populations.
• Must hold a valid Certificate of Clinical Competence outlined by ASHA. Maintenance of CPR or BLS
• Ability to take proper history and use evaluation methods in accordance with established guidelines
• Documents prognosis, as well as predicted optimal level of improvement in function and amount of time needed to reach that level.
• Develop a treatment program in collaboration with patient/care giver as appropriate.
• Must be comfortable taking care of pediatric, adolescent as well as adult and geriatric patients.

Responsibilities: As the Speech Pathologist at Gunnison Valley Health, you will be evaluating and treating patients utilizing the parameters established by the American Speech and Hearing Association. This is a physically, emotionally and mentally challenging job. You'll utilize your unique skills and ideas by:

• Designing individualized treatment programs appropriate to achieving short and long-term goals, in collaboration with the patient or the patient's caregiver.
• Demonstrating awareness of the patient's status by making program changes in response to changes in the patient or his environment.
• Performing adult and geriatric dysphagia evaluations appropriately according to the ASHA practice standards.
• Documenting prognosis including predicted optimal level of improvement in function. Short-term goals are clear, measurable, functional, and time specific. Long-term goals are clear, measurable, functional, and time specific.

Compensation: $39.25/hr - $58.88/hr, depending on experience.

Physical Requirements Occasionally (0-33%) - Reclining, reaching, reach across midline, crouching/squatting, balancing, stooping, kneeling, jumping, stairs, ramp, lifting/lowering (25-50 lbs), carrying (25 - 50 lbs), pushing/pulling (25-50 lbs) Frequently (34 66%) - Standing, walking, sitting, change position, handling, pinching, feeling. Continuously (37 -100%) See with corrective eyewear, hear clearly with assistance

Shift - Day Schedule - 30 hours weekly, flexible scheduling, opportunity to increase to 40 hours weekly when volumes support Status - FT

There is no deadline to apply for this position; we are accepting applications on an ongoing basis until a finalist is selected.

Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. Gunnison Valley Health provides generous leave, health plans and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line.

Benefits Eligibility Medical, dental, vision, health care FSA, dependent care FSA, and Lifestyle Spending Account: All active employees working 40 or more hours per pay period in a Full Time or Part Time position are eligible for benefits on the first of the month after hire. Full Time staff are automatically enrolled in 401A plan as of date of hire. Life and AD&D insurance: All active employees working 40 or more hours per pay period are eligible for benefits on the first of the month after hire date. Short-term and long-term disability: All active employees working 60 or more hours per pay period are eligible for benefits on the first of the month after hire date.

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