Speech Therapist (SLP) for Home Health

FeldCare Connects • Santa Ana, CA

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About The Position

FeldCare Connects is seeking a self-motivated Speech Therapist to provide home health care to adults of all ages in the Santa Ana area. The therapist assesses and evaluates patients’ needs in treating speech and language disorders and addressing communication, swallowing, and cognitive impairments. Based on these assessments, the Speech Therapist develops and carries out a treatment plan intended to improve patients’ well-being and monitors their progress.

Requirements

• Ability and enthusiasm to work with people of all ages.
• Speech Therapist license and registration by the state.
• Completion of an accredited Speech Therapist program.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in speech pathology or audiology granted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual.

Responsibilities

• Interpret, plan, establish, and carry out an appropriate treatment program in accordance with the physician’s referral.
• Observe, document, and report patients’ responses to treatment and changes in their conditions.
• Instruct and monitor patients, their families, and other health team personnel on speech therapy procedures related to the patient’s program.
• Make recommendations based on the home setting and the individual needs of each patient.
• Maintain a record of each patient visit and add detailed notes to the medical record.
• Review patients’ responses to treatment and recommend to the physician whether speech therapy should continue or be discontinued.

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling: make your own schedule and work in the area of your preference.
• Independence to be your own boss, earn above-average compensation, and write off expenses.
• Administrative support with assigning, communication, scheduling, care coordination, and quality assurance.

What This Job Offers

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