Speech Therapist

St. Elizabeth Community Hospital provides state-of-the-art health care to the North State communities. This award-winning facility is a member of the Dignity Health system of health care providers and is a not-for-profit medical center. Located in picturesque Tehama County St. Elizabeth offers 76 licensed beds a trauma level III emergency department comprehensive surgical services and a progressive Family Birth Center. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital has earned a Grade "A" from The Leapfrog Group for quality and safety for six consecutive award periods and has built a reputation for excellence in orthopedics family-centered maternity care and emergency services. St. Elizabeth is a sister facility to Mercy Medical Center Redding and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta and is committed to providing the highest quality compassionate care available. For more information visit here https://www.dignityhealth.org/north-state/locations/stelizabethhospital.

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Job Summary:

Participates as a member of the health care team, working with professional, non-professional staff and associated professionals in providing care which provides optimum continuity of care to referred patients, addressing the age of the patients served.

**Position floats between St. Elizabeth and Mercy Redding

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**Offering a 7,500 Sign-on Bonus for qualified applicants

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Current licensure by the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance as a speech and language pathologist
• Current BLS certification (Must be through the American Heart Association)
• One year experience as a speech therapist
• Knowledge and ability to perform a speech pathology assessment and evaluation
• Knowledge of principles, concepts, diagnostic, and therapeutic techniques for speech therapy
• Ability to implement practical application of knowledge
• Ability to function independently and autonomously
• Ability to communicate in writing and verbally in English
• Ability to teach and instruct patient, family, and staff

Preferred Qualifications: 

6 months to one year home health experience preferred

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