Speech Therapist

About the job

• you are responsible for clinical diagnostics and treatment of swallowing, speech, and language disorders in acute geriatrics, medical department, and intensive care unit
• you care for patients in the outpatient setting with all speech therapy disorder patterns in adults both on-site and in assisted living
• you actively support close and collegial collaboration in the interdisciplinary team with doctors, nurses, and therapists
• you conduct training and counseling for patients, relatives, and staff in the area of dysphagia
• you further develop our speech therapy services and independently design the speech therapy processes
• you carry out home treatments
• you maintain contact with general practitioners and specialists
• you ensure coverage within the speech therapy team during absences

• you have a diploma as a speech therapist
• you ideally have experience in treating adults
• you possess high professional and social competence as well as organizational talent
• you are a service-oriented, flexible, and team-oriented person
• your reliable and efficient working style characterizes you

• with a challenging and varied activity in a well-equipped, own therapy room
• with a motivated and competent therapy team
• with pleasant interdisciplinary collaboration in a family-like environment
• with attractive employment and working conditions
• with diverse training opportunities and development possibilities

The Cantonal Hospital Glarus is located in the midst of the spectacular Glarus mountain world – only one hour from Zurich. Here, high quality of life combines with numerous opportunities for mountain sports and outdoor activities. With 65 acute medical beds and six beds in the intensive care unit, Cantonal Hospital Glarus AG offers a broad range of specialist disciplines. As a medical competence center, the hospital ensures extended basic care for the canton of Glarus and the surrounding regions.