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UNC Health
Speech / Lang Pathologist
Chapel Hill, NC
Mar 21, 2025
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Join Our Team as a Speech Therapist I at UNC Hospitals Rehabilitation Services

UNC Hospitals Rehabilitation Services is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Speech Therapist I to join our multidisciplinary team at the Center for Rehab Care in Chapel Hill, NC. This full-time position (40 hours per week) offers an exciting opportunity to provide high-quality care to adult patients with neurological conditions in an outpatient setting.

Location & Travel: This position is primarily based at our Meadowmont Neurology and Center for Rehab Care locations. Some travel between clinics will be required, offering a dynamic and varied work experience.

As a Speech Therapist I, you'll provide comprehensive speech and language therapy for individuals with neurological conditions, helping patients regain functional communication, cognition, and swallowing abilities. You’ll have the chance to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and participate in specialized clinical programs. Your role will also involve working directly with patients, scheduling, and coordinating care as needed.

Schedule Flexibility: This position offers flexible scheduling, including the possibility to adjust shifts throughout the week. Saturdays are included, with pay differentials for weekend hours.

This role provides the opportunity to work with a diverse patient population, including individuals from both typical and underserved communities. You will play a key role in improving patient outcomes, mentoring graduate students, and contributing to the development of innovative care strategies.

Key Benefits of Joining Our Team:

  • Diverse Patient Population: Serve a wide range of patients, including underserved communities and individuals who speak languages other than English, enriching your professional experience and cultural competency.
  • One-on-One Patient Care: Provide individualized evaluations and treatments to optimize communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities, ensuring high-quality care and fostering meaningful therapeutic relationships.
  • Community Impact: Contribute to clinic initiatives, such as food banks and wellness programs, that directly address barriers to care for vulnerable populations. This role allows you to make a tangible difference in improving access to healthcare and supporting patients with unmet needs.
  • Professional Development: Engage in mentorship, continuing education opportunities, and clinical fellowship programs. You will have access to funding for professional growth, with opportunities for board certification and continuing education reimbursement.

Core Responsibilities:

  1. Patient Care: Conduct comprehensive, evidence-based evaluations and provide personalized treatment to patients with neurological conditions, addressing communication, cognitive, and swallowing needs.
  2. Assessment & Testing: Perform thorough assessments to determine appropriate therapy goals and interventions, ensuring optimal patient progress and outcomes.
  3. Mentorship & Education: Mentor graduate Speech Therapy students and clinical fellows, sharing expertise and contributing to the development of best practices in neurorehabilitation.
  4. Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with the interdisciplinary team to develop and implement patient care plans, adjusting strategies based on patient progress and feedback.
  5. Community Engagement: Participate in clinic outreach initiatives, such as food banks and health programs, to assist underserved populations in accessing care and improving wellness.
  6. Quality Improvement: Maintain detailed patient records, contributing to ongoing efforts to improve care delivery and patient outcomes in the clinic.

Why UNC Health? At UNC Health, we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support your health, financial security, and work-life balance. Benefits include competitive medical, dental, and vision plans, generous PTO, retirement options with employer matching, and various wellness programs. Employees also enjoy flexible work schedules, professional growth opportunities through continuing education, board certification, and tuition reimbursement. Additionally, there are opportunities to engage in community outreach and improve health equity through initiatives that enhance access to care.

Work Schedule:

  • Full-time (40 hours/week)
  • Flexible scheduling, including Saturdays with pay differential

Other Information

Other information:
Education Requirements:
● Graduation from an accredited Speech-Language Pathology program.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
● Speech-Language Pathology certification by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).Licensed as a Speech-Language Pathologist by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.
Professional Experience Requirements:
● One (1) year of experience in the field of Speech Pathology.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:


Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Speech Therapy Center Rehab Care

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $33.04 - $47.50 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes


This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.


Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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