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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Description:

Holy Cross Pediatric Therapy Center is scheduled to recently opened in the Summer of 2025 and provides services 5-days/week ensuring expanded access, especially to working families. This facility will also house: a state of the art primary care facility, women’s specialty services, acupuncture and massage therapy, laboratory services, education facilities, a teaching kitchen, clothing closet and a food pharmacy. In addition, community health workers and social worker/case managers will be available to all programs. This comprehensive, family centered approach will ensure that the needs of all patients and families accessing the facility are met.

The Holy Cross Pediatric Therapy Center is to create a distinctive and exceptional therapeutic space for infants and children that will improve their health and quality of life. Improving access and opportunity to children from poor communities with limited resources will be instrumental in improving health equity and decreasing disparities. This uniquely created area will design and implement programs to improve the individual child’s areas of need and increase overall function and participation. Individualized assessments, treatment plans, progress assessments and goals will be monitored at each session with family input and in accordance with each child’s abilities towards achieving optimal function and movement and prevention of injury.

_Position Purpose_

Speech Therapist (Family Life Center) -** **to create a distinctive and exceptional therapeutic space for infants and children that will improve their health and quality of life. Improving access and opportunity to children from poor communities with limited resources will be instrumental in improving health equity and decreasing disparities. This uniquely created area will design and implement programs to improve the individual child’s areas of need and increase overall function and participation. Individualized assessments, treatment plans, progress assessments and goals will be monitored at each session with family input and in accordance with each child’s abilities towards achieving optimal function and movement and prevention of injury.

What you will do:

*Evaluations are conducted with thoroughness and efficiency, including appropriate tests

and measurements.

* Sets functional, realistic, and measurable goals and the patient demonstrates consistent

achievement of those goals.

* Designs a functional treatment plan that is reflective of prescribed therapy and

incorporates applicable reimbursement issues.

* Re-evaluates and discharges patients within appropriate time frames.

_Minimum Qualifications:_

Education & Qualifications

***** Florida state licensure in State of Florida is required.

***** MA/MS degree in Speech/Language Pathology is required.

*Pediatric experience preferred.

***** Must currently hold or be in the process of completion of Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY).

_Position Highlights and Benefits_

+ Comprehensive benefit packages available, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 403B, and education assistance.

+ We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

+ We live and breathe our guiding behaviors: we support each other in serving, we communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions, and we are continuous learners.

_Ministry/Facility Information:_

+ Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a full-service, non-profit Catholic hospital, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and a member of Trinity Health.

+ We are committed to providing compassionate and holistic person-centered care.

+ We are the only Catholic hospital in Broward and Palm Beach counties and are not for profit. We are part of Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. Together, we serve people and communities in 21 states from coast to coast, providing nearly 2.8 million visits annually.

+ Comprehensive benefits that start on your first day of work

+ Retirement savings program with employer matching

_Legal Info_

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran