Speech Language Pathologist II

Your Opportunity:

Grow your career as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) while enjoying the balance and quality of life that rural Alberta offers. Based at the Bonnyville Community Health Services Site, this multi-site role spans both Bonnyville Community Health Services and the Bonnyville Healthcare Centre. As a valued member of a supportive interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, you’ll work to your full scope of practice with a diverse client population—assessing, developing care plans, and delivering evidence-based treatment that makes a meaningful difference. Your strong communication and interpersonal skills will help you build lasting relationships with clients, families, and colleagues in a close-knit community. Rural Alberta provides a peaceful, fulfilling lifestyle, and Bonnyville—located on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 and the Métis—embodies this through its welcoming atmosphere and natural beauty. Known as “Multi-Natural,” the town celebrates its diverse cultural heritage and rich natural resources. Surrounded by lakes and boreal forest, with Cold Lake and Moose Lake nearby, it offers year-round outdoor recreation alongside excellent health, education, recreation, and cultural services. With a lower cost of living and slower pace than larger centres, Bonnyville is an ideal place to live, work, and make a difference while enjoying a strong sense of community. This position may qualify for a recruitment incentive of up to $60,000, based on the length of their Return for Service. For full details, visit

Description:

As a Speech-Language Pathologist, you will provide clinical professional practice both independently and as a part of a collaborative team, which may include external partners. You will be responsible for providing prevention, health promotion, identification, assessment, intervention, and case management. You will participate in the planning, coordination and delivery of rehabilitation services in collaboration with patients/clients, families, healthcare professionals and other partners. Your leadership and interpersonal skills will aid you in supervising students and providing clinical guidance to other staff as appropriate. You will use your clinical expertise to inform ongoing quality improvement, service integration, and program development.

Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (ACSLPA).

Certification in Basic Life Support - Healthcare Provider from the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation.

New grads are welcome to apply, though one year of experience in a rural setting is preferred. Experience/training with preschool populations and working in a multi-disciplinary team. Generalist experience/training with dysphagia, childhood apraxia of speech, stuttering and voice and resonance is an asset.