Speech Language Pathologist, (SLP) - Senior Living

BAYADA Home Health Care • Durham, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist for a per diem home health role serving adult and geriatric patients in senior living communities throughout Wake and Durham counties, through the Raleigh, North Carolina office. The Speech Language Pathologist is part of a multidisciplinary health care team providing rehabilitative care and skilled nursing to clients so they can receive medical care while remaining at home. Prior home care experience is a plus but is not required.

The role involves evaluating patients with speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties; diagnosing and providing therapeutic interventions; and developing and updating treatment plans based on evaluation findings, physician orders, and patient goals. The clinician educates patients and their representatives on rehabilitative care and activities that support health, safety, and independent living, and documents care using a touch pad tablet.

BAYADA describes its employee support as including a comprehensive benefits package, training and scholarship opportunities, career tracks, recognition, and workplace safety measures such as PPE, infection-prevention protocols, daily pre-screens, and monitoring. BAYADA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

• Hold a current Speech Language Pathologist license in North Carolina.
• Meet one of the stated certification pathways: hold a Certificate of Clinical Competence in speech from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; meet the equivalent education and work-experience requirements and be awaiting the opportunity to take the ASHA certification examination; or have completed the required work and education and be accumulating the supervised work experience required for certification.
• Have solid computer skills.

Nice To Haves

• Prior home care experience as a Speech Language Pathologist.
• Prior experience with electronic medical records (EMR).

Responsibilities

• Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
• Evaluate clients, diagnose their needs, and provide therapeutic interventions for speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties.
• Develop treatment plans based on evaluations, physician orders, and recommended goals.
• Continually assess and revise speech therapy care plans and participate in multidisciplinary care planning with BAYADA clinicians, as appropriate.
• Educate and instruct patients, family members, or other patient representatives in rehabilitative care and activities that promote health, safety, and independent living.
• Document observations, interventions, evaluations, and services provided using a touch pad tablet.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Training and scholarship opportunities.
• Specially designed career tracks.
• Recognition and rewards for compassion, excellence, and reliability.
• PPE supplies and comprehensive infection-prevention protocols, daily pre-screens, and close monitoring of the COVID-19 outbreak.

What This Job Offers

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