Speech Language Pathologist - as needed
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Meritus Health
MD
Summary
Conduct comprehensive assessments and implement individualized treatment plans for patients with speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to ensure coordinated care and provide guidance to students and staff.
Job Description
Empowering patients. Enriching lives. Elevating health.
At Meritus Health, our mission is simple: to improve the health of our community. Guided by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration, and Innovation, we provide exceptional care that puts patients first. If you share our passion for helping others live their healthiest lives, we invite you to bring your expertise and heart to our Inpatient Rehab team.
Your Impact:
As a Speech Language Pathologist, you will be an essential part of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to helping patients regain communication, swallowing, and cognitive skills that transform daily living. You’ll work with patients from newborn through geriatric stages, providing evidence-based care and personalized support in a compassionate, collaborative environment.
About Our Inpatient Rehab Unit:
Our 24-bed unit specializes in comprehensive rehabilitation for patients recovering from stroke, brain injury, neurological disorders, orthopedic conditions, and other complex diagnoses. We focus on helping patients achieve maximum independence before returning home or moving to the next stage of care — always with compassion and excellence at the core of what we do.
What You’ll Do:
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Conduct comprehensive assessments for speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders.
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Create and implement individualized treatment plans aligned with patient goals and evidence-based best practices.
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Educate patients and families, empowering them to continue progress beyond the hospital.
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Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team — including PT, OT, nursing, and physicians — to ensure coordinated care.
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Document progress accurately and timely per licensure and department standards.
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Provide guidance and mentorship to students, aides, and volunteers.
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Support Meritus Health’s mission and uphold our values in every patient interaction.
Why Meritus?
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A culture built on Compassion and Collaboration where every team member’s contribution matters.
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Opportunities for professional growth through continuing education and leadership development.
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The ability to make a tangible difference in patient lives every single day.
Qualifications:
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Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited program.
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Maryland SLP license (or temporary license eligibility) and current BLS certification.
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Strong clinical reasoning, communication, and interpersonal skills.
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Commitment to our mission of improving community health and living our values in action.
Happy to Help
At Meritus, we believe in a collaborative and caring work environment. Interactions are an opportunity to learn, listen and to be there for one another. Therefore, we provide warm welcomes, hospitality-driven closures, and are always Happy to Help.
Meritus Health, Western Maryland’s largest health care provider, is located at the crossroads of Western Maryland, Southern Pennsylvania and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The mission of Meritus Health is to improve the health of the region by providing the best healthcare, health services and medical education. As an anchor organization for the community, Meritus has more than 4,000 employees and serves more than 200,000 residents of the tristate region through Meritus Medical Center, Brook Lane Health Services, Meritus Medical Group, Meritus Home Health, Meritus Equipped for Life, and the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Founded
1905
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Hagerstown, Maryland
Meritus Health, Western Maryland’s largest health care provider, is located at the crossroads of Western Maryland, Southern Pennsylvania and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The mission of Meritus Health is to improve the health of the region by providing the best healthcare, health services and medical education. As an anchor organization for the community, Meritus has more than 4,000 employees and serves more than 200,000 residents of the tristate region through Meritus Medical Center, Brook Lane Health Services, Meritus Medical Group, Meritus Home Health, Meritus Equipped for Life, and the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Founded
1905
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Hagerstown, Maryland