Speech Language Pathologist

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health•Hartford, VT

18h

About The Position

Why work as a Speech Language Pathologist at Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire? You really get to know your patients and become an integral part of their care team. Your average visit is 45 minutes giving you significant time to provide meaningful therapy. You are provided broad independence but are also part of a cohesive patient-care team. You get to be an important part of the community where you live. You have a work/life balance that can match the flexibility you need. Benefits include: Employee Referral Bonuses Clinical CEUs Online LinkedIn Learning Locations: Vermont – New Hampshire – Upper Valley area Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH covers more than 70 towns delivering superior nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and personal care services with proven effectiveness, integrity, and compassion. Our only goal is to help the people in our communities. When you join Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH, you’ll become part of a dedicated team delivering outstanding home health and hospice services that enrich the lives of the people we serve. Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) will never require candidates to provide personally identifying information such as social security number, date of birth, street address, or banking information in order to submit an application for employment. Identifying information will only be requested after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted, for the purposes of security screening and onboarding. If you experience a request for your personal information prior to acceptance of an offer of employment, please contact VNH’s Human Resources Department immediately at 888.300.8853 or [email protected].

Requirements

Master's degree in Speech Pathology required.
Professional licensure in both Vermont and New Hampshire required.

Responsibilities

Screen, evaluate, diagnose, schedule and treat patients with communication disorders and dysphasia.
Document patients’ diagnosis, treatment, and progress.
Communicate patient care information as appropriate to outside referrers and team members.
Educate patient/family concerning patient's disability, progress, and potential.
Coordinate home visits with other homecare staff.
Establish and maintain good public relations by becoming a local resource for communication disorder information.
Prepare and participate in continuing education and in-service sessions for agency staff and outside agencies.
Participate with other team members in prevention programs as consultant and/or therapist.
Participate in formal investigative studies as determined in consultation with program Director.
Maintain knowledge of homecare regulations.