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Req #: 244038

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE - REHAB THERAPIES

Posting Date: 05/16/2025

Closing Info:

Open Until Filled

Salary: $47.09 - $65.40 per hour

Shift: First Shift

Notes: **WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO YOU?**

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+ As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/04/benefits-summary-classified-staff-less-than-half-time-20220908\_a11y.pdf)

UW Medical Center-Montlake – Rehabilitation Therapies** has an outstanding opportunity for a **SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST 1 - NICU.** **WORK SCHEDULE

- PER DIEM

- Day Shift

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION

UW Medicine Rehabilitation - Our multidisciplinary team is centered around compassion and innovation. We work closely with many types of specialists to give each patient the best possible path to recovery. Our passion and dedication to our purpose has allowed us to be recognized by the U.S. News & World Report as one of the top rehabilitation programs in the nation. Become part of our team and join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community!

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU):

- This role will serve as a Neonatal Feeding Therapist to provide direct patient care and/or consultative services for the premature and/or medically complex infants in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), as referred by a licensed provider.

- Responsible for providing feeding/swallowing assessments for all infants <35 weeks gestation at birth.

- Assist to develop clinical programs and individualized feeding plans to facilitate safe, cue based oral feeding for each infant; implementing developmentally appropriate feeding/swallowing intervention services to minimize feeding challenges as warranted; actively collaborating with neonatology team regarding therapy needs in the NICU, oral feeding practices, premature infant development, and provision of developmental care.

- Confer with and coach families and caregivers regarding individualized feeding techniques to minimize impact of feeding challenges in their NICU infant.

- Participate in operational aspects, performance improvement, and quality improvement activities within the department.

- Provide input in formulating budget, assist in evaluation of departmental performance, and take action to remain in budget guidelines.

- Ensure that patient charges and documentation are accurate and entered on a timely basis.

- Supervise students, volunteers, and office assistants.

- Participate in infection control, equipment training, compliance, safety and educational programs, both at the departmental and organizational level.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

+ A Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology or Communicative Disorders or equivalent degree approved by the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association

+ Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association.

+ Current State Licensure in Speech Pathology (as Speech-Language Pathologist). **ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE**

UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit’s light rail station across the street.

**Excellence. Exploration. Education.** Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.