Speech Language Pathologist PRN

Mat-Su Regional Medical Center is your community healthcare provider. We offer a family friendly work environment, perfect for a new grad looking to start their career or an experienced professional looking to make a change! We look forward to you becoming the next  Speech Language Pathologist PRN at our 125-bed facility with a wide range of inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostic imaging and emergency, medical and surgical services.

Requirements: 

• Requires a master's degree in speech-language pathology
• Requires a certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology (CCC) per the State of Alaska. Also expected to meet certain state licensing requirements.
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts.
• This position will require the evaluation of inpatient acute care patients in swallowing, language, and cognition, as well as performing inpatient and outpatient modified barium swallow studies.
• Knowledge of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) is preferred.
• Modified Barium Swallow Study experience required.

Responsibilities: 

• Diagnoses and treats speech and language problems, and engages in scientific study of human communication.
• Evaluates speech and language skills as related to educational, medical, social, and psychological factors.
• Plans, directs, or conducts rehabilitative treatment programs to restore communicative efficiency of individuals with communication problems of organic and nonorganic etiology.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of tasks.
• Typically reports to a manager, director or head of a unit/department.

What We Offer: 

• Student Loan Repayment Plans
• Health Insurance Eligibility 1^st of the Month
• 6% 401k Employer Matching
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company provided renewal of BLS

Mat-Su Regional Medical Center has twice been named one of the Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review and in 2019 received the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association's patient safety award, “High Reliability: Persevering in the Pursuit of Zero Patient Harm.” Mat-Su Regional Medical Center also offers a sleep lab, cardiac catheterization lab, advanced wound care, inpatient behavioral health services, three off-site urgent care facilities, robotic surgery and advanced total hip replacement procedures. 

From the majestic Pioneer and Twin Peaks in the Chugach Range to the Talkeetna Mountains in Southcentral Alaska, Palmer is framed in breathtaking beauty. Located 42 miles northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska Valley, the city's unique history and heritage are unparalleled in the state.

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