Speech Language Pathologist - Rapid City, SD

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus for Full Time

* Competitive Wages * Pediatric Focus *
* No Employment Contract/Clauses * Flexible Schedules * 

Are you a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and their families? Do you enjoy problem-solving and finding creative, innovative solutions to challenging situations? Is working for a mission-based, culture-focused organization that values their employees important to you? 
 

If so, we have an opportunity for YOU!

LifeScape is seeking a talented candidate to join our collaborative, interdisciplinary team as a full time, part time, or unscheduled part time (PRN) Speech Language Pathologist for outpatient therapy services in Rapid City, South Dakota. Those candidates who need to complete their clinical fellowship year are welcomed to apply.

LifeScape offers a supportive and fun working environment where you will be an integral part of helping children be the best that they can be! When you join the LifeScape team as a speech language pathologist, you’ll be part of a community that is filled with people who care about their co-workers and believe collaboration is key to providing best of class care. LifeScape is a regional leader in pediatric therapy and serves children of all ages with a wide range of diagnoses and treatment needs, allowing you to explore a variety of specialty areas, including feeding and swallowing, autism evaluation and treatment, complex communication needs, alternative and augmented communication, and rehabilitation, just to name a few.

Speech Language Pathologists within the LifeScape community have the unique opportunity for frequent partnership with other SLPs and a variety of additional therapeutic disciplines, with the option for co-treatment sessions as appropriate. As a SLP in Rapid City, you have the ability to become involved working in a variety of specialty areas, including Augmentative and Alternative Communication, feeding and swallowing therapies, complex communication needs, autism evaluation and treatment, and supporting clients with tracheostomy/ventilator needs.

Our organizational culture is grounded by our mission of empowering people to live their best life. This includes you!  LifeScape fosters inclusion, collaboration, learning, and respect of all people and all roles. We are dedicated to innovation and professional development, helping team members gain new certifications and take their expertise to the next level. Our comprehensive benefit package includes health, dental and vision, 403b including match, and both sick and vacation time off, empowering you to have great work/life balance.  As a team member at LifeScape, you would support LifeScape’s vision to be an innovative organization, providing exceptional services and creative solutions for people with varied needs and complex care across their lifespan by demonstrating our values of integrity, compassion, respect, safety & wellbeing, fiscal responsibility, excellence, and accountability.

The LifeScape Advantage 

Looking for something different? At LifeScape, we do things differently. We think differently. We treat differently. We strive for innovation, think outside the box, and work together for one goal – to improve the quality of life and outcomes of each child that we treat. If you’re ready to be a part of an organization that is changing the world of pediatric therapy, one child at a time, then apply for this job!

Looking for a flexible schedule? We offer many flexible options for hours, with opportunities for 30-40 hours /week for full time; and no weekends! Part-time and PRN are also available. Not sure if we have what you need – just ask!

Love to collaborate? At LifeScape, you’ll work with one of the largest pediatric interdisciplinary teams in the region, alongside physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, behavior analysts, registered behavior technicians, physiatrists, and certified orthotist/prosthetists. Our unique interdisciplinary approach to care provides a positive, comprehensive experience for patients and allows you to learn from and collaborate with other experts in the field.

New grad or new to pediatrics? Your professional development is important to us. LifeScape offers frequent opportunities for personal and professional development through mentorship and training opportunities both on- and off-site. We foster leadership and growth in therapists’ interest areas by providing financial assistance for continuing education.

Have student loans? LifeScape is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

Competitive wages - Base Pay: $31.50 - $36.23/ Hour

Requirements

Education and Experience

Master's or Doctorate degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited Speech Language Pathology Program. Current Certificate of Clinical Competence from ASHA or eligible to enter Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY). Current licensure or eligible for licensure in South Dakota. Valid driver's license and clean driving record required. 

Why Work for Us? 

We Are Driven by Our Mission

Empowering people to live their best life.

We Have a Vision for Our Future

LifeScape will be an innovative organization, providing exceptional services and creative solutions for people with varied needs and complex care across their life span. Through collaborative partnerships, LifeScape will become a destination for research, and the development, implementation, and training of technology-based solutions to improve the lives of people we support.

We Lead with Shared Values

Integrity - Compassion - Respect - Safety and Wellbeing - Fiscal Responsibility - Excellence - Accountability

Note: Job postings are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

LifeScape is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer of females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class. 

 LifeScape is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)