Travel Speech Language Pathologist

This travel Speech Language Pathologist job in Marshall, MI with Advantis Medical is a 13-week travel Speech Language Pathologist contract at Oaklawn Hospital. This role pays $2,416 per week and follows a Days shift with a 5x8 schedule.

In this travel Speech Language Pathologist job, you will support patient care through specialty-specific clinical services, perform assessments and treatments within your scope of practice, document patient progress, operate relevant medical equipment, and collaborate with physicians and the broader care team to help deliver quality patient outcomes.

Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with personalized recruiter guidance, fast and straightforward onboarding, complimentary licensing support, and benefits that start on Day 1.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing function and establish individualized treatment plans
• Deliver skilled therapy for communication and swallowing disorders across the assigned caseload
• Assess and manage dysphagia, including diet-texture recommendations and participation in instrumental swallow studies when assigned
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers on communication and safe-swallowing strategies

Oaklawn Hospital — Marshall, MI

Oaklawn Hospital in Marshall combines acute medical and surgical care with rehabilitation services and inpatient psychiatry. The independently owned nonprofit hospital is licensed for 77 acute-care beds and a separate 17-bed psychiatric unit.

• Physical therapy is available to hospital patients of all ages, with outpatient rehabilitation also provided through Oaklawn clinics beyond the hospital campus.
• Speech-language pathologists treat adults and children with communication, cognitive, voice and swallowing disorders across inpatient, outpatient and home-based settings.
• Total and partial knee replacement surgery can use the Mako system, with CT-based planning and a robotic arm controlled by the orthopedic surgeon.
• The intensive care unit treats sepsis, respiratory failure, stroke and other critical illnesses, including patients who need intensive monitoring after surgery.
• The hospital-based psychiatric unit serves adults with mood, personality and thought disorders, providing a distinct mental-health care setting within the hospital.

Benefits:

Salary : $2,416