Home Health Speech Therapist (SLP)

• Providing in-home services to our patients.
• Performs accurate and comprehensive speech, language, and swallowing assessments.
• Obtains physician orders for certification and recertification of home speech therapy services.
• Guarantees that changes in patients’ clinical status are communicated to other healthcare team members and HHA office staff verbally and in writing in a timely manner.
• Guarantees that physician orders are communicated to other healthcare team members and HHA staff in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner.
• Coordinates care planning and delivery with the physician and other healthcare team members and HHA staff to facilitate optimal patient outcomes.
• Delivers speech therapy modalities appropriate to the patient’s clinical status, needs, and age.
• Able to appropriately assess and reassess a patient’s pain.
• Utilizes appropriate pain management modalities.
• Provides speech therapy modalities in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.
• Addresses and supports cultural practices providing such practices do not harm the patient or others, and do not interfere with the planned course of speech therapy.
• Participates in the HHA’s information management and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI).
• Complies with the HHA’s policies.
• Accurately completes OASIS data set.
• Adheres to all applicable laws, regulations, and standards.
• Completes and submits necessary documentation in accordance with HHA policy and applicable regulations.
• Submits verification of completed visits in accordance with HHA policy.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team conferences in accordance with HHA policy.
• Maintains current knowledge of community resources. Identifies and accesses appropriate external and internal resources to meet patient and/or family needs and to facilitate optimal patient outcomes while home care services are being provided, and for transfer and discharge processes.
• Demonstrates effective time management and organizational skills; provides patient visits as scheduled; completes patient care within the designated time.
• Assures continued competency by maintaining and updating professional performance, knowledge, and skills.

Qualifications

• Master’s or doctoral degree in speech language pathology, and who meets either of the following requirements;
• Is licensed as a speech language pathologist by the state in which the individual furnishes such services; or
• In the case of an individual who furnishes services in a state which does not license speech language pathologists:
• Has successfully completed 350 clock hours of supervised clinical practicum (or is in the process of accumulating supervised clinical experience);
• Performed not less than 9 months of supervised full time speech language pathology services after obtaining a master’s or doctoral degree in speech language pathology or a related field; and
• Successfully completed a national examination in speech language pathology approved by the secretary.
• Prior home health experience preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
• Proof of automobile insurance (MVR checked)
• Proof of current CPR certification
• Able to pass criminal background check and national sex offender clearance