Speech Therapist | All County Home Health

All County Home Health and Hospice•San Antonio, TX

16h

About The Position

The s p e e c h–l a n g u a g e p a t hol o gist i s res p ons i ble f or impl e m e n t ati o n of s t a n da r ds of c are for speech l a n g u a g e pa t h olog y servi c es a n d fo r a d he renc e t o all c o n diti o ns i n t h e Servic e Agr ee m e nt.

Requirements

Pos s esse s a mas t er’s or doc t oral d e gr e e i n s p ee c h-la n g u a g e p a t ho l ogy ( S L P), a n d w h o m e ets ei t her of t h e f ollowin g re q uir e m e nt s : A . Is licen s e d a s a s p ee c h l a n g u a g e p at h ol o gist by t he S t at e in w hich t h e i n divid u al furnis h es s u c h servi c e; or B . If t he S t at e d oe s n ot lic e ns e s p ee c h-l a n g u a ge p a t hol o gists: 1 . Must s ucces s fully c o mpl e t e d 3 5 0 cloc k h ours of s u p ervise d clinical practi c u m (or is in t he pro c ess of acc u mulat i ng su c h s u pervise d clinical e x peri e n c e); 2 . Perfo r med n o t les s t h a n 9 mo n th s o f s u pervis e d f ull-tim e S LP s ervices af t er ob t aini n g a ma s ter’s or d oc t oral d eg r ee i n SL P or a rel a t e d f i eld; a n d 3 . Suc c ess f ully c o mple t ed a n a pp r ov e d n at i o n al e x a mi n ati o n i n S LP
A min i m u m of o n e y ear's clinical ex p erien c e i n S p ee c h – L a n g u a g e P a t h ol o gy.
Demon s tra t es g o od v er b al a n d writt e n c ommuni c a tion , a nd or g ani z ati o n skills.
Pos s esse s a nd main t ain s curr e nt C PR certifi c at i on.
Must b e a lic e ns e d driver wit h a v e hicle t h a t is in s ure d in acco r d a nce wi t h s ta t e or org a nizat i on re q uir e m e nts a n d is i n g o od w orkin g order.

Responsibilities

Con d uct s a ppr o pria t e eva l uat i on s , as s es s es h o me e nviro n me n t (as a ppr o pria t e), i d e n tifies e q ui p m e nt n e ed s rel a tive t o s p e ec h /l a n g u a ge f un ction.
Id e ntifi e s f un c tio n al s p e ech d e fe c ts an d e s t a blish e s a pla n o f ca r e t o i mpro v e p a tie n t’s fun c tio n .
A d minis t ers s pe ech t h era p y p r ogr a m utilizi n g s pe cialized t h er a p e utic t ec h ni q ue a nd / or e q ui p m e nt .
Rec o mm e nd s c o mm u nic a tio n d evice s /aid s a s ind i cat e d.
Con f ers wit h re f erring physic i an a n d o t her org a ni z ati o n p erso n n el t o e n s ure c oord i n a t e d a n d compr e h e nsiv e car e c o ntri b ute s t o t he to t al pla n o f car e .
As a pp r opria t e, p articip a tes i n c ase c o nfe r en c es, i nservice s a n d o t her meet i ng s re q uir e d t o en s ure c oo r din a t e d a n d c o mpre h e nsive c are.
Pre p ares a n d s u b mit s n ote s p er or ga nizat i on poli c y.
Mainta i ns clini c al c o mp e t e ncy i n s p ee c h l a n g u a ge p a t h olo g y p r actic e a nd t h eory.
Id e ntifi e s p ati e n t a nd f a mily/ c aregi v er n e e ds f or o t her s ervices a n d r e fers as a p propri a te.
Instru c ts pat i e n t, f a mily/car e giver a n d o t her O r g an izati o n h eal t h c are per s o n nel i n t he pat i ent’ s tr e a t m e nt r eg i me as i ndi c at e d.
May s u pervi s e ho me h e al t h a i d e in proc ed ures directly re l at e d t o t h e s p e e ch–la n g u a g e the r apy pl a n of c are.
Perfo r ms o t her d u ties as r e quir e d t o facilit a te t h e delivery of s p ee c h language pathology service s .