Speech Language Pathologist, SLP - Home Health

BAYADA Home Health Care; Reading (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) for full‑time home health visits in the North Boston Senior Living office, serving Essex and parts of Middlesex counties. You will provide rehabilitative care within a multidisciplinary team to help clients remain at home.

Responsibilities include evaluating, diagnosing, and treating speech, language, and swallowing difficulties, developing and updating treatment plans, educating patients and families, and documenting in an

Qualifications

• Hold a Massachusetts license as a Speech Language Pathologist.
• ASHA CCC or eligible for certification, or equivalent education/work credentials.
• Experience with supervised practice towards CCC/licensure as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Make home visits to clients in designated senior living locations.
• Perform evaluations and develop treatment plans for speech, language, and swallowing issues.
• Continually revise care plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Educate patients and families on rehabilitative care and activities.
• Document observations and interventions in an EMR on a tablet.

Skills

Clinical communication

Patient care

Documentation

Education

Massachusetts SLP license

CCC-SLP or eligible

Experience with supervised certification process

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP - Home Health Visits - Senior Living

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, for a full time opportunity performing home health visits for our North Boston Senior Living office. This team works with clients in a senior living setting (assisted living / independent living) throughout Essex County and parts of Middlesex County.

As a home health 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.

Prior home health experience as a Speech Language Pathologist, SLP is a plus, but not required.

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP Responsibilities:

• Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories / senior living locations
• 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 Massachusetts.
• 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:

• Enjoy being part of a team that cares and a company that believes in leading with our values.
• Feel confident, safe, and supported with PPE supplies, comprehensive infection prevention protocol.
• 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.

Additional Information:

• Pay: $65-70 per point, based on qualifications
• To learn more about BAYADA Benefits, click here

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.