Speech Language Pathologist, (SLP) - Home Health
About The Position
BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist for a per diem role providing home health visits to adult and geriatric patients in homes throughout Stanly County, North Carolina. Prior home care experience is a plus but is not required. The Speech Language Pathologist is an integral member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team that provides rehabilitative care and skilled nursing so clients can receive medical care at home. The role includes visiting clients in designated geographic territories; evaluating and diagnosing speech, language, communication, and swallowing difficulties; providing therapeutic interventions; and developing and revising treatment plans based on evaluations, physician orders, and recommended goals. The SLP collaborates with BAYADA clinicians on multidisciplinary care plans as appropriate, educates patients and their representatives on rehabilitative care and activities that promote health, safety, and independent living, and documents care using a touch-pad tablet.
Requirements
- Current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in North Carolina.
- Possess a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; or meet equivalent educational and work-experience requirements and be awaiting the opportunity to take the ASHA certification examination; or have completed the required education and work requirements and be accumulating supervised work experience required for certification.
- 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 to assess and diagnose speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties, and provide therapeutic interventions.
- 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, patient care management, and services provided using a touch-pad tablet.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, health, dental, and vision.
- Training and scholarship opportunities.
- Specially designed career tracks.
- Recognition and rewards for compassion, excellence, and reliability.
- PPE supplies, comprehensive infection prevention protocol, daily pre-screens, and close monitoring of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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