PRN Speech-Language Pathologist - Remote Home Health

Saint Luke's Health System; Kansas City (MO); Remote; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Luke's Home Health in Kansas City, MO, seeks a PRN Speech Pathologist to join the North Branch Team. Provides prevention, screening, evaluation, and therapy for communication and cognitive-communication impairments; plans habilitative and rehabilitative programs aligned with evidence-based practice.

This remote MO position requires flexibility to work at least one shift per week, collaborates with an interdisciplinary team, and ensures timely documentation and patient safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Speech-Language Pathology or related field.
• ASHA certification required or eligible.
• BLS certification (American Heart Association or Red Cross).

Responsibilities

• Evaluates patients after impairment, injury, or disease.
• Creates an individualized patient-centered treatment plan based on evidenced based practice and selects appropriate interventions based upon evaluation and assessment of patient.
• Re-evaluates and provides periodic reassessment of patient progress and contributes to discharge planning.
• May supervise treatment provided by students and assistants.
• Participates and makes recommendations for client care interventions to the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided.
• Provides timely documentation per department and/or entity policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan.
• Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, patients, and others at all times.
• Performs all other duties as requested by manager.
• Participates in quality initiatives
• Meets system and departmental shift requirements

Skills

Speech pathology

Education

Bachelor's degree

ASHA Certification

BLS Certification

Job description

Saint Luke's Home Health in Kansas City, MO, seeks a PRN Speech Pathologist to join the North Branch Team. Provides prevention, screening, evaluation, and therapy for communication and cognitive-communication impairments; plans habilitative and rehabilitative programs aligned with evidence-based practice.

This remote MO position requires flexibility to work at least one shift per week, collaborates with an interdisciplinary team, and ensures timely documentation and patient safety.