Speech Pathologist

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Holyoke Medical Center is seeking a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist to join our inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation team. This position primarily serves adult patients with:

• Acquired communication disorders (aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia)
• Cognitive-linguistic impairments (memory, executive functioning, attention)
• Swallowing disorders (dysphagia)

A smaller portion of the caseload may include pediatric patients with speech and language needs.

Holyoke Medical Center, an acute care community hospital in Western Massachusetts, offers a dynamic approach to healthcare in a modern, progressive environment. Our Speech & Audiology Department has long enjoyed an exceptional reputation for patient-centered, quality care. Choose HMC and discover what a meaningful job feels like.

You will be working with patients and working with a team committed to providing valuable health services to our community. At HMC, you will have the opportunity to share your skills and have the support to grow and advance in your field. Our Speech Pathologists work with both inpatient and outpatient populations. For inpatients, we work as part of the award-winning Stroke Care Team. We provide communication and swallowing diagnostic and rehabilitative services to facilitate the patient's ability to maintain or regain skills to promote independent living and quality of life. Outpatient services include treating children through aged populations with communication, memory, and swallowing disorders.

Holyoke Medical Center, an acute care community hospital in Western Massachusetts, offers a dynamic approach to healthcare in a modern, progressive environment. Our Speech & Audiology Department has long enjoyed an exceptional reputation for patient-centered, quality care. Choose HMC and discover what a meaningful job feels like.

We offer a competitive salary and benefit package, three-week vacation accrual to start, low-cost medical and dental insurance, free disability and life insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

The Speech & Audiology Department at Holyoke Medical Center provides a supportive and professionally challenging environment. Come join us!

REQUIREMENTS: Master’s Degree in Speech/Language Pathology with Certificate of Clinical Competency; current license or license eligible in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Speech/Language Pathologist certified or certification eligible by American Speech, Language and Hearing Association; current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; above average communication and interpersonal skills; Experience with Modified Barium Swallow Studies and therapy preferred. Position requires periodic Saturday and Sunday coverage as part of a team rotation. Bilingual English/Spanish professionals are encouraged to apply.

Note: The compensation range noted above represents the base salaries for all positions at a given grade across the health system. Typically, a new hire can expect a starting salary somewhere in the lower part of the range. Actual salaries will be determined based on the candidate's relevant experience. No employee will be paid below the minimum of the range .