Note: This position was previously posted in August 2024 and is being reposted.

Michigan Medicine Speech-Language Pathology has an exciting opportunity for a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist to join our team at the new Ypsilanti Health Center!.

Job Description:

• Evaluate children with speech, language, voice, and cognitive-communicative disorders.
• Design and implement treatment programs to facilitate improved communication skills.
• Counsel patients and their families regarding communication development, impairment and opportunities for stimulating improvement.
• Treatment of children enrolled in the STEPS Autism Treatment program, including data management and development of programming materials, documentation of clinical findings, adhering to regulatory agency and insurance requirements
• Provide documentation of evaluation data, test/re-test data and speech-language progress, in accordance with insurance and regulatory agency requirements.
• Maintain departmental and institutional standards of clinical productivity.
• Provide patients and families with recommendations and referrals to appropriate health care sources.
• Provide assistance to medical and rehabilitation team members regarding methods for facilitating a patient's understanding and use of language to achieve maximum understanding of medical information and rehabilitation techniques.
• Participate in staff meetings regarding individual patients with physicians, nurses, insurance representative and allied health professionals.

NOTE:  This position will be 40 hours and have a 4 ten hour days work schedule.

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world’s most distinguished academic health systems.  In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
•  Retirement Savings Opportunities

• A Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology is necessary.
• A Certificate of Clinical Competence, awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is required
• Current licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the State of Michigan is necessary

• Previous experience evaluating and treating children with autism is desired
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

This position is included in the bargaining unit represented by the United Michigan Medicine Allied Professionals (UMMAP), which represents bargaining unit members in all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.