Speech Language Pathologist (ST) - Home Health

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $60-$65 / hourly

We are a locally owned and operated home health agency is looking to add staff to its current long-term and experienced team. Operating in the Valley since 2013, Valley Regional Care has been a leading provider with 500+ patient census. With a leading management team fully focused on employee growth, company benefits and great professional culture, we are excited to add full-time therapists to continue our goals to serve our community.

Hourly pay structure that allows therapists to make more income than on a per visit basis.

Essential Job Functions / Responsibilities

• Conducts appropriate evaluations, assesses home environment (as appropriate), identifies equipment needs relative to speech / language function.
• Identifies functional speech defects and establishes a plan of care to improve patients function.
• Administers speech therapy program utilizing specialized therapeutic technique and / or equipment.
• Recommends communication devices / aids as indicated.
• Confers with referring physician and other organization personnel to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care contributes to the total plan of care.
• As appropriate, participates in case conferences, inservices and other meetings required to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care.
• Prepares and submits notes per organization policy.
• Maintains clinical competency in speech language pathology practice and theory.
• Identifies patient and family / caregiver needs for other services and refers as appropriate.
• Instructs patient, family / caregiver and other Organization health care personnel in the patients treatment regime as indicated.
• May supervise home health aide in procedures directly related to the speechlanguage therapy plan of care.
• Performs other duties as required to facilitate the delivery of speech language pathology services.
• On occasion, one may be required to bend, stoop, reach and move patient weight up to 250 pounds lift and / or carry up to 30 pounds

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description.

Position Qualifications

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