Impactful Home Health Speech Therapist

Optum; Satsop (WA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

401(k) contribution

Stock purchase program

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group’s Assured Home Health, part of the LHC Group within the Optum family, seeks a Speech Therapist to assess and treat speech, language, swallowing, and cognitive impairments. You will craft treatment plans, perform interventions, and monitor progress alongside a care team in a home-health setting.

Required WA licensure and a valid driver’s license with access to reliable transportation; weekend rotation may be required. Comprehensive benefits and competitive hourly pay offered.

Qualifications

• Licensed in Speech Therapy in the state of Washington.
• Current driver's license, vehicle insurance, access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation.

Responsibilities

• Provides services within the scope of practice as defined by 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
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client

Skills

WA Speech Therapy License

Driver's license & vehicle access

Job description

UnitedHealth Group’s Assured Home Health, part of the LHC Group within the Optum family, seeks a Speech Therapist to assess and treat speech, language, swallowing, and cognitive impairments. You will craft treatment plans, perform interventions, and monitor progress alongside a care team in a home-health setting.

Required WA licensure and a valid driver’s license with access to reliable transportation; weekend rotation may be required. Comprehensive benefits and competitive hourly pay offered.