Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Indian River has been recognized as one of the top regional hospitals in South Florida. Indian River Hospital is in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast where it is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care. At Indian River Hospital, you will be part of a collaborative, compassionate, and innovative team of caregivers. You will work with state-of-the-art technology and will build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.       

A Speech Pathologist diagnoses and treats conditions that affect one’s ability to communicate and swallow. As experts in communication, these specialists assess, diagnose, treat and prevent speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders from birth through old age. Speech Pathologists can help patients improve their speech, open new communication possibilities, and improve their ability to comprehend others, express oneself, communicate more effectively in social settings, and swallow safely.   

By joining the Indian River team as a Speech Pathologist, you will work with both in-patient and outpatient speech patients, focusing on dysphagia, voice, and aphasia. You will also perform Modified Barium Swallow (MBS) studies in this role. This is a dedicated, collaborative team that will help you to advance your skills and one that encourages growth.  

A caregiver in this position works PRN (as needed) from 9:00AM – 4:00PM. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Evaluate patients and apply a wide variety of therapeutic techniques for the rehabilitation of patients with functional limitations, impairments and disorders.  

• Provide, interpret, plan and supervise patient evaluations and treatments in accordance with the physician referral, ensuring the care, safety and wellbeing of the patient.  

• Continually review the plan of care and make revisions as needed.  

• Prepare progress reports on all treatments in conjunction with departmental policies and procedures and report to the physician as needed.  

• Instruct and counsel medical staff and family members to assist the patient in treatment techniques.  

• Perform voice evaluations, treatment of various voice disorders and bedside swallow evaluations.  

• Demonstrate competency with the MBSs for adults and pediatrics.  

• Follow Code Blue and all protocols as per Clinic policy.  

• Adhere to National Patient Safety Goals as outlined by the Joint Commission. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Masters, Doctorate or SLP-D Degree from an accredited School of Speech-Language Pathology 

• Registered in the State of Florida 

• Current Speech-Language Pathology License (SP) from the State Board of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology or eligible  

• Speech Pathologist (SP) license in the state of Florida 

• Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) from the American-Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)   

• Externship experience 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Laryngectomy experience