Home Health Speech Therapist / SLP
Interim HealthCare - Great Lakes Health Partners•Janesville, WI
•Remote
About The Position
Interim HealthCare® is hiring a PRN Home Health Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to join their team in the Janesville, WI and surrounding area. This role focuses on providing home-based speech therapy to patients to help them overcome challenges and increase their quality of life. The position offers autonomy, work-life balance, and the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with patients.
Requirements
- Master’s or Doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
- Active SLP license in Wisconsin.
- Minimum of 1 year of speech therapy experience, ideally in home healthcare.
- CPR certification.
- Knowledge of state and federal home health regulations.
- Good clinical judgement, critical thinking skills, strong communicator, empathy and compassion.
Responsibilities
- Provide home-based speech therapy to patients having communication, swallowing or cognitive difficulties due to an illness or injury.
- Work as part of a home health team which may include an RN, LPN, CNA, HHA, PT and OT, focused on the patient’s plan of care and established goals.
- Observe and evaluate a patient’s ability to communicate, swallow and process information.
- Conduct patient assessments, document progress and ensure patient goals are met.
- Assist with mouth, breathing and swallowing exercises, fluency, articulation and reading.
- Educate patient and family on plan of care, therapy goals, safety practices and self-care.
Benefits
- Market competitive credit model
- Mileage reimbursement for eligible travel between patient visits
- Build meaningful one-on-one relationships with our patients
- More autonomy, work independently, and enjoy work-life balance
- Clinician Friendly EMR
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Career Level
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