Home Health - Part Time/PRN Speech Therapist (ST) - Mason, TX

Frontpointhealthcare; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a part-time Speech Therapist for home health services in Mason, TX. This role involves assessing patients, creating treatment plans, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive care. Candidates must hold a Texas license and have home health experience.

Qualifications

• Current license to practice Speech Therapy in Texas.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in home health.
• Ability to work independently and part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct patient assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Evaluate and provide skilled speech therapy in a home setting.
• Monitor patient progress and adjust treatment as needed.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Education

Graduate of an Accredited American Speech and Hearing Association program

Job description

Home Health - Part Time/PRN Speech Therapist (ST) - Mason, TX

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Home Health - Part Time/PRN Speech Therapist

Location: Mason, TX 76856

Job Summary

Hill County Preferred Senior Care

The Home Health - Speech Therapist will be responsible for providing speech therapy services to patients in their homes. The Speech Therapist will work with patients to develop treatment plans, monitor progress, and adjust treatment as needed. The Speech Therapist will also work closely with other healthcare professionals to ensure that patients receive comprehensive care.

Responsibilities

• Conducts patient assessments and assists the physician in evaluating the level of function by applying diagnostic and prognostic functional ability tests
• Assists in the development of the Plan of Care
• Perform patient visits in a timely, professional, and appropriate manner per standards of care.
• Evaluate and provide skilled speech language therapy to individuals in a home setting, under the care of an attending physician; the home setting may include single or multi-family homes, assisted living, independent living, or memory care.
• Evaluate and treat patients with language impairments, motor speech disorders, dysphagia, cognitive communication difficulties, voice disorders, and those requiring alternative or augmentative communication.
• May work with patients who have experienced a stroke, and those with progressive diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia.
• Treats patients to communicate effectively by expressing thoughts according to the patient's condition. Treatments may include lip and tongue mobility exercises, and audio-visual aids
• Observes, records, and reports to the physician the patient's response to treatment and changes in the patients’ conditions
• Instructs patients in relaxation to optimize benefits of speech therapy intervention
• Instructs the patient, the patients significant others, and other members of the health care team in areas of Speech Therapy in which they can participate
• Visits patient according to Plan of Treatment; completes a progress note for each visit and submits notes in a timely manner
• Participates in staff conferences and committees as necessary
• Attends two in-services yearly
• Provides in-service to agency staff yearly
  
  
  

Requirements

• Current license to practice Speech Therapy in Texas
• Graduate of an Accredited American Speech and Hearing Association, or its equivalent, program.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in home health
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Current driver's license with current Automobile Insurance.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Home Health Care Services

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