Outpatient Speech Language Pathologist, Home Health

bayada home health care; Middlebury (VT); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

Training and scholarship opportunities

Career tracks and recognition

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care seeks a licensed Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) for a full-time outpatient home health role in Williston, Vermont, serving adults and geriatric patients in their homes across Addison, Washington or Franklin County.

The SLP evaluates, treats, and educates patients with speech, language, and swallowing disorders, documenting care in an EMR. Prior home health experience is a plus, opportunity to grow within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Vermont license to practice as a Speech-Language Pathologist.
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) or equivalent.
• Appropriate credentials in process if awaiting certification, meeting state requirements.

Responsibilities

• Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
• Perform thorough evaluations for speech, language, swallowing disorders.
• Develop and monitor treatment plans per physician orders and goals.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary care team on rehabilitation plans.
• Educate patients and families on care and safety at home.
• Accurately document observations and interventions in EMR.

Skills

Speech-language pathology

Empathy

Communication skills

Education

Vermont licensed Speech-Language Pathologist

ASHA CCC-SLP certificate

Tools

EMR software

Job description

BAYADA Home Health Careis currently seeking an experiencedSpeech Language Pathologist, SLP, for a Full timeopportunity performingOutpatient home healthvisits for our office located in Williston, Vermont.This office services adult and geriatric patients in homes throughout Addison, Washington or Franklin County.

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 Vermont
• 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.

Our employees are our greatest asset:

• To learn more about BAYADA Benefits, click here
• Enjoy being part of a team that cares and a company that believes in leading with our values.
• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, health, dental, and vision.
• Develop your skills with training and scholarship opportunities.
• Advance your career with specially designed career tracks.
• Be recognized and rewarded for your compassion, excellence, and reliability.

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.

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.