Home Health Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)

in [Frederick County, Maryland]

Care for others-and yourself-in a therapy career designed for work-life balance! As a Home Health SLP for Interim HealthCare®, you'll play a vital role in a patient's restoration while enjoying the freedom and flexibility that comes from ordering your own schedule.

Our Home Health Speech-Language Pathologists enjoy some excellent benefits:

• $38.00 - $80.00
• 1:1 therapist-to-patient ratios where you impact outcomes
• Flexible assignments, autonomy and work-life balance
• Online training, growth and ability to earn CEUs

As a Home Health Speech-Language Pathologist, here's a big-picture view of what you'll do:
• Assist the physician or other licensed independent practitioner in evaluating the patient's level of communication deficit, hearing and swallowing function, as well as in developing the resulting plan of care/treatment including appropriate long term treatment goals, selection of interventions, and the intensity, frequency and duration of services to meet the needs of an individual patient.
• Completes initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments at appropriate time points as assigned.
• Selects and teaches task-oriented therapeutic activities designed to improve comprehension and production of language in oral, signed or written modalities; speech and voice production; auditory training; speech reading; and communication strategies using multi-modal training (e.g. visual, auditory-visual, and tactile).
• Regularly assess changes in the patient's status since the last visit/treatment day, and determine whether the planned services should be modified, performing a re-evaluation and obtaining revision orders from the physician as indicated.
• Prepares and submits timely, legible, relevant and sufficient documentation - whether written or electronic - of treatment and skilled intervention provided, as well appropriate reports of a patient's progress toward goals in accordance with professional standards of practice, policy and procedures, and payor requirements.
• Advises and consults with the family and/or other caregivers to promote patient progress and planning for discharge.
• Participates in educating the patient and the family, and other caregivers to promote patient progress toward mutually established goals.
• Actively effectively communicates with other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team providing care in order to promote coordination of patient care and planning for discharge.
• Visually and auditorially observes and assesses the patient.
• Participates in quality and performance improvement measures
• Participates in in-service training, as requested.
• Completes other assignments as requested and assigned.
• Has access to personal health information ("PHI") necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization.

A few must-haves for Home Health Speech-Language Pathologists:

• Master's or doctoral degree in speech language pathology, and who meets either of the following requirements:
  a) licensed as a speech-language pathologist by the State in which the individual furnishes such services; or
  b) In the case of an individual who furnishes services in a State which does not license speech-language pathologists:
  i) Has successfully completed 350 clock hours of supervised clinical practicum (or is in the process of accumulating such supervised clinical experience);
  ii) Performed not less than 9 months of supervised full-time speech-language pathology services after obtaining a master's or doctoral degree in speech-language pathology or a related field; and
  iii) Successfully completed an approved national examination in speech-language pathology.
  • In the last five (5) years, two (2) years of experience as a speech language pathologist that is relevant to the patient population assigned.
  • Provide proof of valid driver's license, per organization-specific policy.
  • Provide proof of valid auto liability insurance if assignment(s) includes driving own vehicle to transport patient, per organization-specific policy.
  • Meets applicable state and federal health screening requirements.
  • Pass federal and state required criminal and abuse background checks where required.
  • Verification of employment eligibility (I-9) in accordance with local, state, and federal law and regulations.
  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
  • Able to read and interpret technical instructions related to the care of the patient.
  • Able to provide proof of current CPR certification, per organization-specific policy.
  • Able to prioritize multiple functions or tasks to effectively manage multiple changes based on patient needs and scheduling.
  • Meets the applicable health requirements to provide patient care per applicable law or regulation.
  Working Conditions & Physical Effort:
  • Work is normally performed in a residence, aggregate living facility, school or occupational setting.
  • Work environment involves occasional exposure to communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens and/or potentially infectious or hazardous materials and situations that require following extensive safety precautions and may include the use of protective equipment (e.g. face masks, goggles, latex or non-latex gloves).
  • Able to spend varying amounts of time sitting, standing and walking.
  • Able to stand, walk, bend, stoop, squat, kneel and reach freely.
  • Able to lift, reposition, and transfer patients.
  • Sufficient endurance to perform the required physical and mental tasks over long periods of time.
  • Able to constantly grasp with thumb in opposition to fingers of palm, i.e. manipulate pen, knobs or objects.
  • Visual acuity, dexterity and hearing to perform required skills.
  • Ability to work flexible schedule and/or evening hours as needed.
  • Physical activity is sedentary and may require occasional lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling up to 10 lbs.
  • Travel within geographic area serviced by office, if applicable.
  • Able to travel locally from assignment to assignment, if applicable.