What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Speech Therapist position at BAYADA Home Health Care?
Company Overview
BAYADA Home Health Care is a leading provider of home health care services. We are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care that improves the lives of our clients and their families.
Job Description
We are seeking a skilled Speech Language Pathologist to join our team in Kendall Park, New Jersey. As a Home Health Speech Language Pathologist, you will be responsible for evaluating, diagnosing, and providing therapeutic interventions to patients with speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties. You will work closely with our multidisciplinary healthcare team to develop and implement individualized care plans that promote our patients' health, safety, and independent living.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
BAYADA Home Health Care is a leading provider of home health care services. We are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care that improves the lives of our clients and their families.
Job Description
We are seeking a skilled Speech Language Pathologist to join our team in Kendall Park, New Jersey. As a Home Health Speech Language Pathologist, you will be responsible for evaluating, diagnosing, and providing therapeutic interventions to patients with speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties. You will work closely with our multidisciplinary healthcare team to develop and implement individualized care plans that promote our patients' health, safety, and independent living.
Responsibilities:
- Perform thorough evaluations to assess, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for clients who are experiencing speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties.
- 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 NJ.
- 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.
