Speech Language Pathologist

As our Speech Therapist at CHI St Vincent Hot Springs, you’ll increase our patients’ independence by helping them eat and drink safely, improve memory or cognitive issues, or communicate their needs and wishes more clearly.No two days are the same here. Working with a team of dedicated physicians, therapists, and other health professionals, our outpatient Speech Therapists work to improve swallowing, articulation, memory, attention span, pragmatic language, impulse control, and more. Using various exercises and modalities, we work to get the patient as close to their prior levels of speech and cognition as possible. We may also recommend devices, such as augmented speech devices to allow patients to order in a restaurant or communicate with their doctors, giving them back a measure of independence and improving quality of life.

To thrive in this role, you should be flexible, calm, compassionate, curious, and adaptable. Above all, you must be committed to improving our patients' safety, independence, and quality of life. We strive to provide excellent care every day, and you are an integral part of that.

CHI St Vincent Hot Springs is a 280 bed faith-based, non-profit, Magnet Accredited facility providing quality health care to patients and communities from all over the State of Arkansas. As the only level II trauma center in the southwest part of the state, CHI St Vincent Hot Springs is the regional referral center for cardiology, trauma, neuro, ortho, oncology and critical care/pulmonary. We have also been voted as oneof Arkansas Best Places to Work by Arkansas Business since 2019. We have earned top patient safety ratings from Leapfrog and was recently named as one of the Nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in Fortune and PINC AI. 

If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us

• Perform modified barium swallow studies to determine a patient’s ability to swallow safely
• Perform cognitive assessments to determine a patient’s ability to make decisions for themselves, remember basic information, control their emotions and interact appropriately with others.
• Document all assessment results and work with physicians and other clinicians to develop a plan of care and track all treatments and patient progress.
• Using exercises, modalities, and/or adaptive devices, work with patients to improve speech, memory, cognition, etc.
• Educate the patient and families on these processes so they can make the best decisions for the patient.
• Consistently deliver the highest quality care to every patient.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college of Speech Language Therapy, new and prospective graduates are welcome to apply
• Current license to practice in the state of Arkansas, before hire 
• Previous acute care experience preferred, but not required