Home Health Speech Therapist

Sr Companies; Clearwater (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Part time

Job summary

First Senior Home Health in Clearwater, FL is seeking a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist to provide home-based services on an intermittent basis. You will assess patients, develop treatment plans, and work with physicians to implement hearing and speech therapy strategies.

You will educate families, coordinate with the care team, perform OASIS assessments as needed, and document progress within 48 hours of sessions. Driving to patient homes and maintaining CPR certification are required.

Qualifications

• Master's or doctoral degree in speech-language pathology.
• Licensed or registered in Florida.
• ASHA membership preferred.
• At least one year of institutional experience.
• Must have criminal background check.
• Current CPR certification required; online certification not accepted.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled speech pathology services in patients' homes on an intermittent basis per physician orders.
• Evaluate patient functioning and recommend methods to enhance hearing and communication.
• Perform OASIS and comprehensive patient assessments as needed.
• Develop and revise speech therapy treatment plans with physician input.
• Collaborate on interdisciplinary patient care plans and discharge planning.
• Record evaluation data, treatments, and patient responses within 48 hours.
• Instruct and counsel patient and family on the Speech Therapy program.
• Coordinate with physicians and care team, reporting status at least every 30 days.

Skills

Effective communication

Education

Master’s or Doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Florida licensure/eligibility

ASHA membership preferred

At least 1 year institutional experience

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: First Senior Home Health Clearwater - Clearwater, FL 33762,

DUTIES

• Provide skilled speech pathology service, on an intermittent basis, to patients, in their homes, in accordance with the physician's orders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Evaluate the patient's level of functioning and recommend mechanisms to enhance the patient's hearing ability.
• Provide initial, and ongoing, comprehensive assessments of the patient’s needs, including Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) assessments.
• Establish a Speech Therapy treatment plan, in consultation with the physician, and revise it, with the approval of the physician, as necessary.
• Assist in development, and implementation, of the interdisciplinary patient care plan, as it pertains to Speech Therapy.
• Ensure that the physician's orders are appropriate and discuss necessary changes.
• Communicate with other team members and, when appropriate, instruct them in speech pathology techniques that they may use while working with the patient.
• Teach, supervise, and counsel the family, and patient, in the total Speech Therapy program and other related problems of the patient, at home.
• Evaluate the patient, his/her significant other(s), and the home situation to determine what instruction will be required, what assistance will be available for the family in caring for the patient, and what other agency and community services will be required.
• Make arrangements for out-patient services for procedures, which cannot be given in the home.
• Record, on a timely basis, all evaluation data, treatments, and patient's response to therapy intervention.
• Supervise the Home Health, per Agency policy, when Speech Therapy is the only professional discipline involved in the patient's care.
• Record, and report to the physician, the patient's reaction to treatment and /or any changes in the patient's condition.
• Participate in the development of periodic revision of the physician's plan of treatment, keeping him/her informed of the patient's status and obtaining additional orders, if necessary.
• Communicate with the physician, at least every 30 days, or whenever changes occur regarding the patient’s status and obtains additional orders, if necessary.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of speech pathology intervention and updates, the patient care plan, as needed.
• Write clinical/progress notes, on the date of the visit, and incorporate same in the patient's record, within 48 hours.
• Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her health care knowledge through educational programs, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organization meetings, and individual research and reading.
• Confirm, on a weekly basis, the scheduling of visits, with the Clinical Manager in order to coordinate the patient’s visit schedule.
• Participate in Agency activities, case conferences, and meetings, when appropriate.
• Participate with staff, patients, and physicians, in discharge planning activities, and complete a Speech Therapy Discharge Summary.

ASSIST IN AGENCY ADMISSION PROCESS

• Obtain a medical history, particularly as it relates to the present condition.
• Evaluate the patient, and the home situation, to determine what instruction and assistance will be available from the family in caring for the patient, and what other Agency, and community services, will be required.
• Ensure that the physician’s orders are appropriate and discuss necessary changes.

For Florida Applicants: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Qualifications:

QUALIFICATIONS

• A person who has a master’s or doctoral degree in speech-language pathology, and who meets either of the following:
  • 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 pathologist:
• Preferably a member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association.
• Licensed or registered in the state of Florida
• Must have at least one year of institutional experience.
• Must have a criminal background check.
• Must have current CPR certification. Online certification is not accepted.

JOB CONDITIONS

• The ability to drive and the ability to access patients’ homes, which may not be routinely wheelchair accessible are required.
• Hearing, eyesight, and physical dexterity must be sufficient to perform a physical assessment of the patient's condition and to perform patient care.
• On occasion, may be required to bend, stoop, reach, and move patient weight up to 250 pounds; lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds.
• Must be able to effectively communicate in English.