Per Diem Speech Language Pathologist, Home Health
About The Position
BAYADA Home Health Care is hiring a per diem Speech Language Pathologist to serve Senior Living Communities throughout the Lehigh Valley. The role provides personalized therapy to older adults in their homes, supporting communication, quality of life, independence, and well-being as part of a collaborative care team. Home health experience is a plus but is not required. The clinician evaluates and treats clients with speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties; develops and updates care plans based on evaluations, physician orders, and recommended goals; and works with BAYADA clinicians on multidisciplinary care planning as appropriate. The position also includes educating clients and their representatives about rehabilitative care and documenting services using a touch-pad tablet. BAYADA highlights training and scholarship opportunities, career tracks, and recognition for compassion, excellence, and reliability. Base pay is $70.00–$80.00 per point, depending on qualifications and subject to negotiation.
Requirements
- Current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in Pennsylvania.
- Meet one of the stated certification pathways: hold a Certificate of Clinical Competence in speech from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; meet equivalent educational and work-experience requirements and be awaiting the opportunity to take the ASHA certification examination; or have completed the necessary work and education requirements and be accumulating the supervised work experience required for certification.
- Solid computer skills.
Nice To Haves
- Home health experience.
- Prior experience with electronic medical records (EMR).
Responsibilities
- Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
- Evaluate clients to assess, diagnose, 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 with BAYADA clinicians in multidisciplinary care planning, as appropriate.
- Educate and instruct patients, family members, or other 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
- Training and scholarship opportunities.
- Specially designed career tracks.
- Recognition and rewards for compassion, excellence, and reliability.
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