Speech Language Pathologist - PRN
UHS
Summary
Texas NeuroRehab Center is currently accepting applications for Speech-Language Pathologists-PRN. Would report primarily on the Post Acute Brain Injury (PABI) unit that focuses on community reintegration along with opportunities to treat in IPR/Sage units.
Job description
Candidates will possess skills in the rehabilitation of neurologically impaired patients, with proficiency in the evaluation and treatment of speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders. Focus of service provision will be centered on evaluating and treating cognitive-communicative abilities with goals of returning to the home and community settings. Candidates may also be asked to float to TNC’s medical inpatient rehabilitation program as coverage needs dictate.
Texas NeuroRehab Center’s PABI Program specializes in provision of rehabilitation services to traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury populations, ages 18 and older.
Qualifications
Skills Knowledge and Abilities: Extensive knowledge of adolescent and adult speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders, and treatment strategies associated with brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injuries, and other neurological disorders.
Education: M.A., M.S., M.Ed., SLPD, or Ph.D in Speech-Language Pathology
Licensure: Current SLP licensure in the State of Texas. Certification in CPR.
Experience: Completion of Clinical Fellowship Year.
Physical / General Requirements
- Able to sustain activity eight hours a day.
- Able to remain on feet eight hours per day.
- Able to confront a dangerous and aggressive patient.
- Able to verbally communicate to de-escalate a crisis situation, explain treatment to the patient to allow active participation, and to protect self and others from aggressive patients or other incidents.
- Able to restrain patients by individual or team restraint per facility policy.
- Able to frequently lift, carry, and lower 50 pounds without assistance.
- Able to kneel, stoop, bend, and pull various weights or items (up to 50 pounds).
- Able to push patients in wheelchairs up and down hills, pursue running patients, and traverse hospital grounds.
- Able to transfer patients to and from wheelchairs.
- Able to visually observe so as to convey patient behavior verbally or in writing.
- Able to write legibly and grammatically so as to convey patient behavior and information in the patient’s medical record.
- Able to read medical records and other reports.
- Able to use hands repetitively.
- Ability to use hands to grasp, type, and write (fine motor skills).
- Regular and expected attendance.
- Hearing and vision sufficient to perform essential job functions.
Requirements
- Extensive knowledge of adolescent and adult speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders, and treatment strategies associated with brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injuries, and other neurological disorders.
- M.A., M.S., M.Ed., SLPD, or Ph.D in Speech-Language Pathology
- Current SLP licensure in the State of Texas.
- Certification in CPR.
- Completion of Clinical Fellowship Year.
- Able to sustain activity eight hours a day.
- Able to remain on feet eight hours per day.
- Able to confront a dangerous and aggressive patient.
- Able to verbally communicate to de-escalate a crisis situation, explain treatment to the patient to allow active participation, and to protect self and others from aggressive patients or other incidents.
- Able to restrain patients by individual or team restraint per facility policy.
- Able to frequently lift, carry, and lower 50 pounds without assistance.
- Able to kneel, stoop, bend, and pull various weights or items (up to 50 pounds).
- Able to push patients in wheelchairs up and down hills, pursue running patients, and traverse hospital grounds.
- Able to transfer patients to and from wheelchairs.
- Able to visually observe so as to convey patient behavior verbally or in writing.
- Able to write legibly and grammatically so as to convey patient behavior and information in the patient’s medical record.
- Able to read medical records and other reports.
- Able to use hands repetitively.
- Ability to use hands to grasp, type, and write (fine motor skills).
- Regular and expected attendance.
- Hearing and vision sufficient to perform essential job functions.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Extended leave benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- 401(k)
- Career development opportunities
- Flexible scheduling options
Company overview
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, operating as a Fortune 300 corporation headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1979, UHS has grown into a major healthcare enterprise with approximately 99,000 employees and annual revenues exceeding $14 billion. The company operates through its subsidiaries, managing 29 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, and 60 outpatient and other facilities across 39 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. UHS provides comprehensive healthcare services including acute care, behavioral health treatment, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgical centers. The company's strategy focuses on building or acquiring high-quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets and investing in advanced medical equipment and skilled personnel to become the leading healthcare provider in each community it serves. UHS is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: UHS) and has established a strong reputation for delivering compassionate, high-quality care while maintaining financial stability and operational excellence.