Speech Therapist. Home Care (part-time)

University Hospitals; Warrensville Heights (OH); Remote; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A multi-specialty health care provider is seeking a part-time Speech-Language Pathologist to provide rehabilitation services to pediatric patients in their homes across the Lorain and Western Cuyahoga counties. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and educating patients and families. A Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology and state licensure are required. The role encompasses 20 hours a week with 100% travel involved, aiming for 15 patient visits weekly.

Qualifications

• Requires graduate program clinical experience.
• Must be physically and cognitively able to provide patient assessment and treatment.
• Skills necessary for appropriate evaluation and treatment.
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) or Clinical Fellowship (CF) Required Upon Hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification Required Upon Hire.

Responsibilities

• Organizes and conducts Speech-Language Pathology services.
• Directs patient's participation in activities for rehabilitation.
• Performs evaluations and develops treatment plans.
• Educates patient/family/caregiver in health information.
• Maintains PHI compliance and supports documentation and billing as required.
• Performs other department activities and duties as assigned.

Skills

Professional initiative

Objectivity

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Patient assessment and treatment

Education

Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Licensed by the State of Ohio

American Speech Language Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence

Basic Life Support Certification

Job description

• Organizes and conducts Speech-Language Pathology services to facilitate the (re)habilitation of people with physical and/or psychosocial disabilities.
• The Speech-Language Pathologist directs the patient's participation in selected activities/treatments to promote and/or maintain good health and communication.
• Organizes and conducts the Speech-Language Pathology plan of care to facilitate the habilitation or rehabilitation of people with speech, language, cognitive-linguistic, psychosocial, and swallowing disabilities.
• Directs patient participation in selected activities to establish, enhance, and restore speech, language, cognitive-linguistic, psychosocial, and swallowing abilities.
• Performs evaluation(s), develops an effective treatment plan appropriate to a patient’s rehabilitation needs within the care continuum, initiates and participates in the discharge planning process.
• Educates patient/family/caregiver in applicable health information, treatment and prevention.
• Performs other department activities such as, but not limited to, documentation, billing, support of department operations, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients.
• Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
• Monday-Friday.
• This position is part time 20 hours per week.
• The territory will be for but not limited to Lorain and Western Cuyahoga counties and surrounding area.
• The population is pediatrics.
• 100% travel to the patients homes.
• This will have 15 visits per week.
• Master's Degree MA or MS Degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited graduate program required.
• Graduate Program Clinical Experience required.
• Must have professional initiative, objectivity, good time management and interpersonal skills.
• Must be physically and cognitively able to provide patient assessment and treatment.
• Requires the evaluation and treatment skills necessary to provide Speech-Language Pathology services appropriate to the developmental/chronological age of patients on their caseload.
• Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Licensed by the State of Ohio, Board of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology or Conditional license by the State of Ohio Required Upon Hire.
• Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) American Speech Language Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence or Clinical Fellow Required Upon Hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Basic Life Support Certification Required Upon Hire.