Field-Based Speech-Language Pathologist — Home Health

Adaptive Home Health; Georgetown (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Adaptive Home Health is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to deliver in-home evaluations and skilled visits across Georgetown/Hutto and surrounding Texas areas. This field-based role emphasizes outcomes, caregiver education, and coordinated care with RN/MD support, in a high-acuity home health model.

You will document thoroughly in Homecare Homebase and travel daily within the assigned territory, enjoying a schedule that balances field work with predictable routing.

Qualifications

• Active Texas SLP license (in good standing)
• Strong clinical reasoning and ability to operate independently in the field
• Comfort identifying red flags and escalating changes in condition to RN/MD
• Strong caregiver education skills (teach-back, carryover planning)
• Strong communication and documentation
• Reliable follow-through on orders, frequencies, and patient goals
• Current driver’s license and comfort with daily travel across assigned territory
• Nice-to-haves: home health experience, Homecare Homebase (HCHB) experience, high-signal neuro experience, dysphagia in home health

Responsibilities

• Own outcomes, not just visits: accountable for the SLP plan, progression, and functional outcomes
• Complete comprehensive in-home SLP evaluations and deliver skilled SLP visits
• Assess and treat: Aphasia and other communication disorders
• Assess cognitive-communication impairment affecting safety and independence
• Dysphagia screening/assessment and swallow safety education (within home health scope)
• Build and execute a clear plan of care with measurable, functional goals
• Drive multidisciplinary coordination: communicate changes in condition and align on orders
• Coach patients/caregivers with practical strategies and routines
• Document promptly in Homecare Homebase (HCHB)

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Independent field work

Caregiver education

Documentation

Communication skills

Job description

Adaptive Home Health is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to deliver in-home evaluations and skilled visits across Georgetown/Hutto and surrounding Texas areas. This field-based role emphasizes outcomes, caregiver education, and coordinated care with RN/MD support, in a high-acuity home health model.

You will document thoroughly in Homecare Homebase and travel daily within the assigned territory, enjoying a schedule that balances field work with predictable routing.