Speech Language Pathologist
Seward, AK
Host Healthcare
4x9 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Speech Language Pathologist

Role Overview

• Travel/Contract assignment in Seward, Alaska.
• Start date: ASAP.
• Shift: Variable, 5x8 days.
• Assignment length: 13 weeks.
• Weekends: No.
• Call: None.
• First timers accepted: Yes.
• Locals accepted: No; candidates must live at least 50 miles from the facility.
• Block schedule: Yes.
• Guaranteed hours: 72 hours per 2 weeks, with up to 1 call-off of an 8-hour shift per 2 weeks.

Setting and Float Scope

• Small Critical Access Hospital.
• 46-bed medical center; total staffed beds: 40.
• Float scope: outpatient, acute care, and long term care/swing bed.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Occupational Therapist license in Alaska
• Occupational Therapist (1 year of experience)
• Occupational Therapist experience within the last year
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation
• NBCOT
• Experience treating patients with aphasia
• Experience treating patients with apraxia
• IDDSI Experience

Preferred Qualifications

• None stated.

Additional Notes

• Pending license: N/A.
• Scrub color: Any.
• Charting: Epic.
• Parking is free.
• Housing is provided during the assignment, typically in a 1-bedroom apartment or shared unit. Additional family members are not common and must be approved. Pets are not allowed. Housing may incur cleaning fees if not cleaned on departure.