Speech Pathologist

Job Title: Speech Pathologist

Location: Main Hospital - New Brunswick

Department Name: Speech Therapy

Req #: 0000251487

Status: Salaried

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $83,100.00 - $96,100.00 per year

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:

Join our dedicated medical team as a Speech Language Pathologist at the New Brunswick campus providing comprehensive evaluation, treatment, and counseling to individuals with communication and swallowing disorders. This position delivers critical clinical interventions and family support to both adult and pediatric populations. This role plays a key part in optimizing patient care paths through strong interdisciplinary communication, advanced diagnostic skills, and dedicated staff collaboration.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Master's degree in Speech Pathology required
• Certificate of Competency from the American Speech Language Hearing Association required
• NJ Speech Language Pathology licensure required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association required
• Completion of Speech Pathology practicum hours required

Preferred:

• Competence with MBSS preferred
• Pediatric feeding experience preferred

Scheduling Requirements

• Part-Time (32 hours/week)

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for the comprehensive evaluation, diagnostic assessment, and treatment of patients strictly within the outpatient setting.
• Provides patient and family intervention for adult and/or pediatric patients in the assessment and treatment of dysphagia, speech and language disorders, cognitive disorders, or voice disorders.
• Utilizes strong teamwork, communication, and documentation skills required for continuous intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary hospital communication.
• Prepares clear, technically sound, accurate, and comprehensive documentation to include findings, impressions, recommendations, progress, and other patient-related concerns.
• Compiles accurate statistics, insurance forms, and charge sheets as necessary to ensure appropriate operational reimbursement.
• Promotes inter-disciplinary consultation, completes continuing education for licensure and professional growth, and provides in-service presentations as appropriate.
• Carries out principles of positive guest relations and responds in a timely manner to professional concerns of a non-clinical nature.
• Provides peer review and supervises clinical fellows or student interns within the speech therapy department.
• Applies knowledge and skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care by interpreting data relative to each patient's specific healthcare needs across the lifespan.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits and Perks:

At RWJBarnabas Health, our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Driven by our Total Wellbeing promise, our market-competitive offerings include comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, financial, personal, career, and community wellbeing.  These benefits and resources include, but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Retirement Plans
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Planning Support
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Community and Volunteer Opportunities
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, and Verizon
• ….and more!

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team.  We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time.  As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health. 

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.