Speech Therapist

16 May 2026
100%
Basel und Riehen

Job summary

Join Adullam Foundation, a leader in geriatric care and therapy. Enjoy a supportive work environment and meaningful benefits.

Tasks

Conduct speech therapy for various conditions in patients.
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team for patient care.
Document progress and provide family consultations.

Skills

Completed diploma in speech therapy with clinical experience.
Strong communication and teamwork skills required.
Proficient in documentation and patient management.

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About the job

The Adullam Foundation is a leading institution for geriatric medicine, therapy and care in Northwestern Switzerland. It operates a hospital and an affiliated care centre each in Basel and Riehen. The approximately 800 employees offer elderly people a regionally unique all-round care from acute medicine through rehabilitation to transitional and long-term care. Holistic care at Adullam includes a high quality standard, lived humanity and great respect for old age.

Speech therapy is firmly integrated in the treatment of our elderly patients by the interdisciplinary team in our hospital. The focus is on acute medical treatment as well as holistic rehabilitation for medical conditions, including neurorehabilitation.

To strengthen the speech therapy team at the Basel location (and in Riehen by arrangement) we are looking for a responsible and committed

Speech Therapist

20%

| Basel and Riehen

Your Tasks

Speech therapy diagnostics and treatment of dysphagia, aphasia, dysarthria and dysphonia in inpatient and outpatient settings

Co-responsibility for clarifying the overall situation and treatment of patients in the interprofessional team

Treatment of acute geriatric, acute inpatient and rehabilitation patients with conditions from the fields of geriatrics, internal medicine, surgery and neurology (including tracheotomised patients in long-term care), as well as ENT-specific cases.

Consultation of relatives and caregivers

Findings and electronic progress documentation as well as service recording

Constructive interdisciplinary and professional collaboration

Your Profile

Completed training as a certified speech therapist

Initial professional experience in the clinical field, ideally in inpatient geriatrics

Dynamic, team-oriented and resilient personality who constructively shapes collaboration in the lively hospital environment

Joy and interest in working with elderly people

Independent and networked way of working

Good PC skills for documentation

What awaits you with us:
A meaningful and versatile working environment where you can specifically contribute and further develop your speech therapy expertise. You work in a collegial team with short communication paths, clear structures and close interdisciplinary cooperation. In doing so, you encounter people in different life situations and make an important contribution to their treatment, rehabilitation and quality of life. Careful induction, mutual support and a respectful togetherness are a matter of course for us.

Apply now and help us shape a caring future for older people!

For further information, please contact Ms Sjnab Abdul, Head of Speech Therapy, at +41 61 266 63 83.

Please apply via our homepage www.adullam.ch