Travel Speech Language Pathologist, Home Health Visits

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

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a full-time Speech Language Pathologist to provide home health services to adult and geriatric clients across Maryland. Responsibilities include evaluations, treatment planning, patient education, and teamwork with other clinicians to ensure optimal care.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision

Paid time off

Training and scholarship opportunities

Career advancement tracks

Qualifications

• Home health experience is required.
• Start of Care/OASIS experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Make home visits to clients across various geographic territories.
• Perform evaluations and develop treatment plans.
• Document observations and interventions accurately.

Skills

Solid computer skills

Electronic medical records (EMR)

Education

Current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in MD

Certificate of clinical competence from ASHA

Necessary educational requirements for certification

Job description

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, for Full Time Travel SLP position. This Travel Speech Language Pathologist will support our Maryland Visits Division by providing home health services to adult and geriatric clients on a per visits basis for our offices throughout the area.

This permanent full-time position requires availability during the day, with a Monday through Friday schedule. No weekends, holidays, or on-call is required. Position assignments are based on divisional need and could be in any of the following service areas:

Montgomery County, Frederick County, Carroll County, Howard County, Washington County

Home health experience is required. Start of Care/OASIS experience is highly preferred.

At BAYADA, we believe our employees are our greatest asset. We are committed to investing in people and nurturing their desire to grow. Watch this video to learn more about field employee career pathing:

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 MD.
• 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.
• Feel confident, safe, and supported with PPE supplies, comprehensive infection prevention protocol, daily pre-screens, and close monitoring of the COVID-19 outbreak.
• 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.