Speech & Language Pathologist II and/or Occupational Therapist

Why Us?

With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service. Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market. With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.

Could This Be For You?

A small, strong program devoted to the developmental, gross and fine motor, sensory, motor planning, handwriting, language, speech, feeding, and function through the early years (infants through early childhood), Parents are educated and decision-makers in their child’s care.  Strong focus on team approach with other professionals.  An “Anything is Possible” outlook guides our work with each child and family.

Your Impact

Speech and Feeding Therapist

• Utilize ASHA and other research-based guidelines to complete evaluation, treatment, consultation, and discharge planning for infants and children in an outpatient clinic in accordance with licensure and clinic requirements
• Creating and carrying out individualized treatment plans that address needs and goals.
• Individualized training program to learn holistic and thorough approach for any knowledge gaps in infant feeding including young infants
• Detailed and thorough communication with child’s healthcare providers through progress reports, phone calls, or other forms of communication
• Help develop new programs and/or services
• Participate in training and staff meetings
• Documentation in EHR system
• Other duties as assigned
• Age range of caseload is primarily early infancy through 18 months with some toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary.
• Primarily in-clinic with some preschool and childcare center visits and occasional home visits

Minimum Qualifications

Speech and Feeding Therapist

• Master’s degree from accredited speech language pathology program with certificate of clinical competency
• 3+ years prior experience with infants to 5-year-olds, including infant feeding OR myofunctional therapy
• Continuing education courses on infant feeding, myofunctional therapy, and TOTs may substitute for part of young infant experience
• Current NC license for speech language pathology in good standing
• Must have, or be eligible to obtain, a valid driver’s license and driving record within the standards outlined within Hanger’s Motor Vehicle Safety Policy and Procedures. 

Head Shape and/or Infant/Toddler Feeding Occupational Therapist

• Master’s degree from accredited Occupational Therapy program
• 3+ years prior experience with infants to 3-year-olds
• Experience with infants to 3-year-olds preferred
• Feeding experience with infants and/OR young toddlers (Must have an interest in infant feeding)
• NBCOT certification
• Current state licensure in good standing, where required

Must have, or be eligible to obtain, a valid driver’s license and driving record within the standards outlined within Hanger’s Motor Vehicle Safety Policy and Procedures. 

Additional Success Factors

• Utilize ASHA/AOTA and other research-based guidelines to complete evaluation, treatment, consultation, and discharge planning for infants and children in an outpatient clinic in accordance with licensure and clinic requirements
• Creating and carrying out individualized treatment plans that address needs and goals.
• Individualized training program to learn holistic and thorough approach for any knowledge gaps in infant feeding including young infants
• Detailed and thorough communication with child’s healthcare providers through progress reports, phone calls, or other forms of communication
• Help develop new programs and/or services
• Participate in training and staff meetings
• Documentation in EHR system
• Other duties as assigned
• Act with integrity in all ways and at all times, remaining honest, transparent, and respectful in all relationships.
• Keep the patient at the center of everything that you do, building lifelong trust.
• Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you.
• Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change.
• Focus on superior outcomes, and calibrate work processes for outstanding results.

Our Investment in You

• Competitive Compensation Packages
• 8 Paid National Holidays & 4 additional Floating Holidays
• PTO that includes Vacation and Sick time
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• 401k Savings and Retirement Plan
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave for New Parents
• Flexible Work Schedules and Part-time Opportunities
• Generous Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Mentorship Programs- Mentor and Mentee
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance by Location
• Relocation Assistance
• Regional & National traveling CPO/CO/CP opportunities
• Volunteering for Local and National events such as Hanger’s BAKA Bootcamp and EmpowerFest

Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.

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