Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

About This Role

This Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) role involves implementing treatment programs for pediatric patients with cognitive, speech, language, feeding/swallowing, and/or social/emotional disabilities. You will provide high-quality care, perform evaluations, develop treatment plans, and educate caregivers in a home health setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care and meet the needs of the patient and family by performing evaluations and interpreting assessment results
• Develop goals appropriate to child; creating and implementing speech therapy treatment plans in conjunction with the physician
• Assist pediatric patients to develop or regain cognitive, speech, language, feeding/swallowing and/or social/emotional functioning
• Participate in educating, coaching, and empowering caregivers and families to develop skills to carry over therapeutic activities
• Coordinate with referral partners to provide services for children in accordance with the physician order
• Assure continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs
• Document patient care services and care coordination in an intuitive electronic medical record system
• Maintain patient confidence by keeping information confidential

Requirements

• Feeding experience

Qualifications

• A minimum of 1 year of experience preferred

Nice to Have

• Bilingual

Benefits

Certifications