Travel Speech Language Pathologist

This travel Speech Language Pathologist job in Urbana, IL with Advantis Medical is a 26-week travel Speech Language Pathologist contract at Carle Foundation Hospital - 611. This role pays $2,830 per week and follows a Days shift with a 5x8 schedule. In this travel Speech Language Pathologist job, you will support patient care through specialty-specific clinical services, perform assessments and treatments within your scope of practice, document patient progress, operate relevant medical equipment, and collaborate with physicians and the broader care team to help deliver quality patient outcomes. Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with personalized recruiter guidance, fast and straightforward onboarding, complimentary licensing support, and benefits that start on Day 1.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing function and establish individualized treatment plans
• Deliver skilled therapy for communication and swallowing disorders across the assigned caseload
• Assess and manage dysphagia, including diet-texture recommendations and participation in instrumental swallow studies when assigned
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers on communication and safe-swallowing strategies

Carle Foundation Hospital 611 - Urbana, IL Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois, provides acute hospital care alongside an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Its services connect neurologic and orthopedic treatment with rehabilitation and support for patients managing complex medical needs.

• The inpatient rehabilitation unit serves patients recovering from stroke and other illnesses or injuries who need additional help returning to daily activities.
• Acute physical therapy services include adult hospital care and neonatal intensive care, distinct from the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation unit.
• Stroke care includes neurosurgeons and neurointerventional specialists, with hospital services spanning diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and education.
• Hip and knee replacement care includes rehabilitation and education, with orthopedic physicians, therapists and advanced practice providers contributing to treatment.
• Palliative medicine supports patients whose pain or other symptoms affect daily life and helps families consider treatment options for complex or advanced illnesses.