What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Speech Language Pathologist position at BAYADA Home Health Care?
BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a compassionate Speech Language Pathologist to serve patients in Montgomery County.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Speech Language Pathologist
- Discipline: Therapy
- Duration: Ongoing
- Employment Type: Staff
We believe healthcare gets better when people get better care at home – the place where they feel best.
As a Home Health Speech Therapist (SLP), you'll use your clinical skills and compassionate heart to treat patients in the comfort of their own home.
- See a client through their care needs, from hospital discharge to living a safe home life with comfort, independence, and dignity.
- Perform thorough evaluations to assess, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for clients 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.
- Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
What we look for:
- A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist
- A minimum of one year of recent work experience as a Speech Therapist
- Possess a certificate of clinical competence in speech from the American Speech and Hearing Association, or have equivalent educational requirements and work experience.
- Previous home healthcare experience welcomed, but not required. We will train you.
- Ability to travel to cases as assigned
- A calm and reassuring presence, active listening skills, excellent assessment skills, and strong written and verbal communication.
Why you'll love working at BAYADA:
- Flexible schedules for work/life balance: full-time, part-time, and per-diem
- 1:1 hands-on training supplemented with virtual learning
- Ability to perform 1:1 direct client care and advocate for clients' needs
- 24/7 clinical support as part of a larger care team with the highest safety standards
- PTO and benefits offerings based on commitment level
- Continued education and training; tuition reimbursement
$5,000 Sign-On Bonus available for full-time employees only
At BAYADA, we're committed to providing patients the highest-quality care, enabling them to live at home with comfort, independence, and dignity.
We are an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, complying with all state/local mandates.
BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability.
