What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Clinical Specialist - Speech position at BAYADA Home Health Care?
Speech Language Pathologist Job Opportunity
BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a skilled Speech Language Pathologist to join our team in providing home health care services to clients in Maryland.
About the Role
- Specialty: Speech Language Pathology
- Discipline: Therapy
- Duration: Ongoing
- Employment Type: Staff
The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Duties and 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.
Requirements
- A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in Maryland.
- 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.
Benefits
- 401k retirement plan.
- Discount program.
- Sick pay.
- Employee assistance programs.
- Vision benefits.
- Bereavement.
- Health Care FSA.
- Weekly pay.
- Continuing Education.
- Holiday Pay.
- Wellness and fitness programs.
- Dental benefits.
- Medical benefits.
- Dependent Care FSA.
