PRN Home Health Speech Therapist (rivhs)

Job Description

Warsaw, Virginia

Overview
Following appropriate practice, the Speech/Language Pathologist evaluates, plans, and implements individual patient care, educating, counseling patients, documents progress, and participates in planning and discharging according to the department policies and procedures. A Speech/Language Pathologist must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide age, goal, and diagnosis appropriate care. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development throughout the life span, be able to assess patients' needs and status by analyzing evaluated data, and be able to interpret information to identify age-specific needs and provide appropriate care accordingly per patient care setting. A staff Speech/Language Pathologist is required to be flexible with daily scheduling and may be required to work various patient care settings.

What you will do

• Evaluates, plans, and implements individual patient care. The SLP educates, counsels, documents progress, and participates in the planning and discharge of the patient according to department policies and procedures.
• Evaluates and assesses the patient timely, based on principles outlined by practice guidelines, evidence based guidelines and regulatory standards (state & organizational policies, requirements of accrediting bodies, etc.). Carries out treatment plan and modifies to maximize therapeutic benefit and meet discharge criteria and return to optimal level of care.
• Provides initial and ongoing assessments to identify client's level of functioning and ability to communicate, including OASIS assessments at appropriate time points. Develops plan of care in consultation with the physician and other interdisciplinary care team members and revises it as appropriate. Prepares clinical and progress notes.
• Builds trusting collaborative relationships with a multi-disciplinary team to support patient care needs. Actively participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings, in-services, and case conferences.
• Utilizes testing results and develops updated plan of care based on principles outlined in appropriate evidence based guidelines.
• Provides recommendations and participates in supply utilization changes that support cost containment. Participates and provides feedback in new equipment/product evaluations, identifying and recommending solutions for cost savings and waste reduction.

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or GED, (Required)
• Masters Degree, Speech Language Pathology (Required)

Experience

• Recent relevant experience (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (Required)
• CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) within 30 Days(Required)
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) (Required)
• Drives personal vehicle for RHS business 25% or more of the time to perform essential functions of the job
• Valid Drivers License Required

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