Home Health Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) in Wayne, NJ
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:- Competitive per visit rate.
- 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
- Tuition discounts through Rasmussen University
As a Home Health Speech-Language Pathologist, here's a big-picture view of what you'll do:- Provide home-based speech therapy to patients having communication, swallowing or cognitive difficulties due to an illness or injury
- Work as part of a home health team which may include an RN, LPN, HHA, PT and OT, focused on the patient's plan of care and established goals
- Observe and evaluate a patient's ability to communicate, swallow and process information
- Conduct patient assessments, document progress and ensure patient goals are met
- Assist with mouth, breathing and swallowing exercises, fluency, articulation and reading
- Educate patient and family on plan of care, therapy goals, safety practices and self-care
A few must-haves for Home Health Speech-Language Pathologists:- Master's or Doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology and active SLP license in NJ
- Knowledge of state and federal home health regulations
- Good clinical judgement, critical thinking skills, strong communicator, empathy and compassion
