Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)
Core
Provide skilled services to assist patients with breathing, speaking, and swallowing functions; evaluate and treat speech, language, cognitive, and fluency disorders affecting communication.
Role type
Home Health Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)
Builds
Patient care plans and communication interventions for home health patients
Domain
Home health care / Speech and language pathology
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Speech and language assessment, swallowing disorder treatment, patient education, interdisciplinary team collaboration, regulatory compliance knowledge
Preferred skills
High acuity patient care, case management fundamentals, home health care experience
Technologies
Electronic charting systems, web-based communication applications
Responsibilities
Evaluate and treat speech, language, cognitive, and fluency disorders; serve as patient advocate and member of interdisciplinary care team; visit patients in their homes to provide therapy
Seniority
Individual Contributor, field-based clinician