SLP Speech Pathologist Home Health
About The Position
Amedisys, part of the Optum family of businesses, provides home health, hospice, and community-based services. The Speech Pathologist provides skilled in-home evaluation and treatment for speech, language, cognition, voice, and swallowing disorders. The role partners with patients, families, caregivers, and the interdisciplinary team to improve communication, safety, independence, and quality of life through personalized care. The position includes preventing, assessing, diagnosing, and treating communication and swallowing disorders in adults; providing aural rehabilitation for people 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. The employer describes an environment with performance recognition, clear direction, and development opportunities. The salary range is $79,866 to $97,614 annually based on full-time employment. A $5,000 sign-on bonus is offered to external candidates. Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.
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.
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.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Partner with patients, families, caregivers, and the interdisciplinary team to improve communication, safety, independence, and quality of life through personalized care.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs.
- Equity stock purchase program.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
- $5,000 sign-on bonus for external candidates.
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Job Type
Full-time
