Home Health SLP - Speech Language Pathologist

Bayada; Needmore (PA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking home health care provider is seeking a dedicated Speech Language Pathologist to join their compassionate team. This role involves making home visits to clients, conducting thorough evaluations, and creating tailored treatment plans to enhance their communication and swallowing abilities. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in patient education and documentation, ensuring clients receive the highest quality of care in the comfort of their homes. Join a team that values excellence and reliability in delivering rehabilitative care, and make a meaningful impact in the lives of others.

Qualifications

• Current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in PA is required.
• Certificate of clinical competence in speech preferred.

Responsibilities

• Make home visits to assess and provide therapy for clients.
• Develop and revise treatment plans based on evaluations.

Skills

Speech Language Pathology

Therapeutic interventions

Patient education

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Communication skills

Education

Current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in PA

Certificate of clinical competence in speech

Tools

Touch pad tablet

Job description

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an experienced
Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, for an opportunity performing
home health visits in Fulton County, PA.
Prior home care experience as a Speech Language Pathologist, SLP is a plus, but not required. As a home care Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary health care team that provides rehabilitative care and skilled nursing to clients, affording them the opportunity to receive the medical care required to remain at home.

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP Responsibilities:

• Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
• Perform thorough evaluations to assess, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for clients who are experiencing speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties.
• Develop a treatment plan based on the evaluation, physician's orders, and recommended goals.
• Continually assess and revise the speech therapy care plan, and participate with BAYADA clinicians in the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate.
• Educate and instruct patients, family members, or other patient representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety, and independent living.
• Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to patient care management and services provided, utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP Qualifications:

• A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in
PA.
• Possess a certificate of clinical competence in speech from the American Speech and Hearing Association, or;
• Have the equivalent educational requirements, as indicated by school transcript or diploma, and work experience necessary for such a certificate, and be awaiting the opportunity to take the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association examination for certification, or;
• Have completed the necessary work and education requirements, as indicated by school transcript or diploma, and be in the process of accumulating the necessary supervised work experience required for certification.
• Solid computer skills; prior experience with electronic medical records (EMR) preferred.

As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.
BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration and how you can join in [here](https://www.bayada.com/50).
BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.