Speech Language Pathologist, SLP / ST - Home Health

BAYADA Home Health Care; Wilkesboro (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

Training and scholarship opportunities

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a qualified Speech Language Pathologist for home health visits in North Carolina. This role focuses on evaluating and treating patients with speech and communication difficulties, ensuring they receive necessary therapeutic care.

The ideal candidate will hold a current license in North Carolina and have experience in home health settings. BAYADA offers a supportive team environment and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in North Carolina is required.
• Experience in home health settings is needed.
• Solid computer skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Make home visits to clients in designated territories.
• Perform evaluations to diagnose and provide therapy.
• Develop and revise treatment plans.
• Educate patients and their representatives.
• Document all patient care management activities.

Skills

Speech therapy

Assessing communication difficulties

Treatment planning

Patient education

Documentation

Education

License as a Speech Language Pathologist in North Carolina

Certificate of clinical competence in speech

Tools

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Job description

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist, SLP / ST, for a per diem opportunity performing home health visits for our Forsyth County Visits office. This position services adult and geriatric patients in homes throughout Wilkes and Yadkin counties in North Carolina.

Home health experience as a Speech Language Pathologist, SLP is required.

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.

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP / ST 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 / ST Qualifications:

• A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in North Carolina.
• 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.
• 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.

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.