Home Health Speech Language Pathologist

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a Home Health Speech Language Pathologist for an ongoing opportunity in Alexandria, Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Speech Language Pathologist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, for a per diem opportunity performing home health visits. This position involves working with adult and geriatric patients in their homes throughout Alexandria/Arlington, VA.

Prior home care experience as a Speech Language Pathologist, SLP is beneficial, but not required.

As a home care Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team that provides rehabilitative care and skilled nursing to clients, enabling them to receive the medical care necessary to remain at home.

Responsibilities:

• Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
• 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.
• Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to patient care management and services provided, utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.

Qualifications:

• A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in VA.
• 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:

• 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.

Every home environment and client are unique, whether they're an infant, geriatric, or somewhere in between. BAYADA ensures every team member has an opportunity to advance in their career. Our extensive paid training and state-of-the-art simulation labs will leave you feeling comfortable and confident before your first visit with your favorite new client.

Get back to doing what you love, as the clinician you always wanted to be.

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