Speech Pathologist
About The Position
Amedisys, part of the Optum family of businesses, provides home health, hospice, and community-based services. As a Speech Pathologist, you will provide skilled in-home evaluation and treatment for speech, language, cognition, voice, and swallowing disorders. You will partner with patients, families, caregivers, and the interdisciplinary team to improve communication, safety, independence, and quality of life through personalized care. The role also includes preventing, assessing, diagnosing, and treating communication and swallowing disorders in adults, providing aural rehabilitation for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, and providing augmentative and alternative communication systems for people with severe expressive or language comprehension disorders. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Current, unencumbered license to practice speech pathology in the state where assigned to work.
- Current Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP).
- Completed graduate coursework and clinical practicum at a college or university whose program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).
- Current CPR certification.
Nice To Haves
- At least 1 year of experience in Speech Pathology.
Responsibilities
- Prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive communication, and swallowing disorders in adults.
- Provide aural rehabilitation for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Provide augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for individuals with severe expressive and/or language comprehension disorders.
- Provide skilled in-home evaluation and treatment for speech, language, cognition, voice, and swallowing disorders.
- Partner with patients, families, caregivers, and the interdisciplinary team to improve communication, safety, independence, and quality of life.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
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Job Type
Full-time
