Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - Home Visits
About The Position
Baptist Home Health Care by BAYADA is looking for compassionate and dedicated Speech Language Pathologists to join their team in Jacksonville, FL. This office services adult and geriatric clients on a per-visit basis in territories throughout Nassau County, FL. Home health experience is not required but preferred. Baptist Home Health by BAYADA has a special purpose: to help people of all ages have a safe home life with comfort, independence, and dignity. They believe their clients and their families deserve the highest quality home health care delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability - their core values, affording them the opportunity to remain at home and receive the medical care required.
Requirements
- A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in FL.
- Possess a certificate of clinical competence in speech from the American Speech and Hearing Association, or; Have the equivalent educational requirements, as indicated by school transcript or diploma, and work experience necessary for such a certificate, and be awaiting the opportunity to take the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association examination for certification, or; Have completed the necessary work and education requirements, as indicated by school transcript or diploma, and be in the process of accumulating the necessary supervised work experience required for certification.
- Solid computer skills; prior experience with electronic medical records (EMR) preferred.
- Florida Background Screening Clearinghouse
Nice To Haves
- Home health experience
Responsibilities
- Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
- Perform thorough evaluations to assess, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for clients who are experiencing speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties.
- Develop a treatment plan based on the evaluation, physician’s orders, and recommended goals.
- Continually assess and revise the speech therapy care plan, and participate with BAYADA clinicians in the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate.
- Educate and instruct patients, family members, or other patient representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety, and independent living.
- Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to patient care management and services provided, utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.
Benefits
- paid time off
- health
- dental
- vision
- training and scholarship opportunities
- specially designed career tracks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
