Job description
Consider joining our dedicated team of home health professionals at Concordia-IRMC VNA. We are currently seeking a full-time "Speech Language Pathologist" to care for home bound patients in the Indiana, Clymer and Marion Center area. The VNA has provided skilled nursing care and a variety of therapy services to members of the community since 1970 and offers a competitive wage and benefit package.
The Speech/Language Pathologist is responsible for evaluating, planning and implementing a speech/language treatment program for patients in their home or current residences. The Speech/Language Pathologist works as a member of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team.
WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY?
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
- Education Assistance Programs (Tuition Reimbursement/Fully-Paid Tuition - your choice!)
- Top Benefits
- Unparalleled 403(b) Retirement Investments
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology [may also be co-certified in Audiology]. Certified in Speech-Language Pathology by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
- Minimum of one-year clinical experience as a Speech/Language Pathologist. Two years’ experience recommended.
- Licensed as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Reliable, independent means of transportation to make home visits. Drivers must have a valid driver’s license and drive a car with insurance limits as established in personnel policies
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
- Evaluates patient’s speech and language abilities including cognitive, Dysphagia and auditory abilities, deficits and assets.
- Plans and implements rehabilitative services for speech and language disorders, including cognitive, Dysphagia and auditory disorders
- Develops the plan of care cooperatively with the physician, patient/family and other team members with revisions based on the patient’s condition
- Instructs patients, families and other health care team members in the total speech therapy program including cognitive awareness and effective communication approaches.
- Assigns and instructs a home health aide in accordance with a physician’s plan of care to assist with an established home program.
- Supervises the assigned home health aide every 14 days when the speech therapist is the coordinating health professional. Plans with the patient, family and other team members for the patient’s discharge from service
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Travel reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Home Health
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
License/Certification:
- Speech Language Pathology License (Required)
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: On the road
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