Looking for an SLP Position That Allows You to Truly Change Lives?
Kalamazoo Functional Rehab Team (KFR Team) is seeking a compassionate, innovative Speech-Language Pathologist to join our interdisciplinary rehabilitation team. If you're passionate about helping individuals regain independence after catastrophic injuries—and want the freedom to practice without productivity quotas driving your day—we'd love to hear from you.
At KFR Team, we believe exceptional therapy begins with exceptional clinicians. Our culture emphasizes ethical practice, clinical autonomy, collaboration, and meaningful outcomes over visit counts and insurance-driven productivity expectations. We encourage creativity, lifelong learning, and individualized care that helps clients return to the activities and roles that matter most.
What Makes This Position Different?
This is not traditional outpatient or home health therapy.
Our Speech-Language Pathologists provide services where life happens—in clients' homes and throughout the community. Treatment occurs in real-world environments that challenge communication, cognition, and functional independence in meaningful ways.
You may find yourself helping a client:
- Return to work or college
- Navigate conversations in restaurants or community settings
- Manage executive functioning during shopping or appointments
- Improve communication with family and caregivers
- Develop strategies for memory, attention, and organization in daily life
- Safely resume hobbies, travel, volunteer activities, or social participation
Every treatment session is individualized and functional.
Primary Patient Population
KFR Team specializes in the treatment of individuals with complex rehabilitation needs, including:
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
- Polytrauma
- Stroke and other neurological disorders
- Complex orthopedic injuries
- Catastrophic injuries resulting from motor vehicle and work-related accidents
Both acute and chronic cases are served.
Areas of Practice
Depending on your experience and interests, intervention may include:
- Cognitive-communication disorders
- Executive functioning
- Attention and memory
- Problem-solving and reasoning
- Expressive and receptive language
- Motor speech disorders
- Fluency
- Social communication and pragmatics
- Voice and resonance
- Feeding and swallowing (dysphagia)
- Compensatory strategy development
- Patient and caregiver education
- Return-to-work and community reintegration
Collaborative Team Approach
Our clinicians work closely with:
- Physical Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Case Managers
- Physicians
- Neuropsychologists
- Caregivers and family members
- Other rehabilitation professionals
Together, we develop individualized treatment plans focused on maximizing participation, independence, safety, and quality of life.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive speech-language evaluations
- Develop and implement individualized plans of care
- Provide evidence-based speech-language pathology services in home and community settings
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members and referral sources
- Educate clients, caregivers, and families
- Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation
- Participate in regular team communication regarding client progress
Why Therapists Choose KFR Team
We intentionally foster a culture that values:
- Ethical, client-centered care
- Clinical autonomy and professional judgment
- Quality over productivity
- Flexible scheduling and work-life balance
- One-on-one patient care
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Continuing education and professional growth
- Creativity and innovation
- Supportive leadership that values therapist satisfaction
Our clinicians are trusted to do what is best for their clients while practicing evidence-based rehabilitation in a collaborative, supportive environment.
Qualifications
- Master's or Doctorate in Speech-Language Pathology
- Current Michigan SLP license (or eligibility)
- Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) preferred
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently in home and community settings
- Interest in neurological rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury, cognitive rehabilitation, and community reintegration
- Experience with TBI, SCI, cognitive-communication disorders, or dysphagia is preferred but not required
About KFR Team
Kalamazoo Functional Rehab Team is a therapist-owned, CARF-accredited rehabilitation practice specializing in home and community-based rehabilitation for individuals with catastrophic injuries and complex neurological conditions. Our mission is to empower people to return to meaningful participation in life through innovative, evidence-based, and individualized rehabilitation.
If you became a Speech-Language Pathologist to make a lasting difference—not simply to meet productivity standards—we invite you to join our team and help redefine what rehabilitation can be.
Pay: $75.00 - $100.00 per hour
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Work Location: In person
