Home Health Speech Therapist - Impactful Care & Weekends

Optum

Sweetser (IN)

On-site

USD 47,000 - 84,000

Part time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Optum's Caretenders in home health seeks a Speech Therapist to assess and treat speech, language, swallowing, and cognitive disorders in patients at home. You will develop treatment plans, implement interventions, and monitor progress in collaboration with the care team.

Licensed in Speech Therapy, CPR certified, and with a valid driver's license, you must be comfortable weekend rotations and travel to patient homes. This role offers a competitive hourly wage and benefits.

Qualifications

Licensed in Speech Therapy in the state of residence.
Current CPR certification.
Current driver’s license, vehicle insurance, access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation.
Available to work a weekend rotation.

Responsibilities

Provides services within the scope of practice as defined by the state laws governing the practice of speech therapy, in accordance with the plan of care, and in coordination with other members of the health care team.
Evaluates the patient's level of function by applying diagnostic and prognostic functional ability tests. Assists the physician in the development of the therapy plan of care.
Treats patients to communicate effectively by expressing thoughts according to the patient's condition using acceptable standards of practice.
Observes, records, and reports to the supervising nurse and/or physician the patient's response to treatment and changes in the patient's condition.
Instructs the patient, the family and/or caregiver and other members of the health care team in areas of speech therapy in which they can participate.