Job Description

Job Description

* $5,000 Sign on Bonus for FullTime Opportunities *
* Inpatient Rehab Program & Outpatient Feeding/Swallowing *

Transform Lives Through Pediatric Rehabilitation and Advanced Feeding & Swallowing Care.

Make a meaningful difference in the lives of children while growing your expertise in pediatric rehabilitation, dysphagia, and complex feeding disorders. LifeScape is seeking a passionate full-time Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist to join our collaborative pediatric rehabilitation team.

At LifeScape, you’ll have the opportunity to work with children and adolescents with complex medical, developmental, and neurological needs while providing specialized care across inpatient rehabilitation and outpatient settings. You’ll collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary team and families to help each child reach greater independence, function, and quality of life. 

Whether you’re looking to expand your clinical expertise or build upon your experience with dysphagia, feeding, cognitive-communication, and rehabilitative care, this role offers opportunities to learn, grow, and make a lasting impact.

What You’ll Do

• Provide specialized speech-language intervention in a pediatric inpatient rehabilitation setting, supporting children recovering from illness, injury, surgery, neurological conditions, and other complex diagnoses.
• Assess and treat dysphagia and feeding challenges in infants, children, and adolescents with medical, developmental, and neurological conditions.
• Provide care across inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting a variety of pediatric needs.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop comprehensive, family-centered treatment plans.
• Educate and empower caregivers to support communication, feeding, and swallowing goals beyond the therapy setting.
• Utilize evidence-based practices to maximize functional outcomes and quality of life.

Pediatric Inpatient Rehabilitation

Work alongside an interdisciplinary team to support children requiring intensive rehabilitation following:

• Neurological injuries and disorders
• Complex medical conditions
• Traumatic injuries
• Developmental disabilities
• Surgical recovery

Specialized Feeding & Swallowing Care

Be part of a growing, highly specialized feeding program focused on:

• Pediatric dysphagia assessment and treatment
• Feeding skill development
• Oral motor and sensory-based feeding interventions
• Medically complex feeding disorders
• Interdisciplinary feeding evaluations and care planning

At LifeScape, your expertise matters—and so does your impact.

Join a team where you can grow your clinical skills, collaborate with dedicated professionals, and help children and families navigate some of life's most challenging moments.

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

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 & Wellbeing - Fiscal Responsibility - Excellence - Accountability

Job Requirements

Masters or Doctorate degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited Speech Language Pathology Program
Minimum of 2 years as an Speech Language Pathologist in an inpatient rehabilitation program and/or working with patients with needs in feeding /swallowing
Current Certificate of Clinical Competence from ASHA or eligible to enter Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY)
Current license or eligible for licensure in South Dakota
All positions require a clear background check and drug screen upon conditional offer.

Note: Job postings are not exhaustive lists of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principle 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 & 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.

Job Tags

Full time, Relocation package

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