Per Diem Speech Language Pathologist, Home Health

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) for a per diem Home Health position serving Senior Living Communities throughout the Lehigh Valley .

In this role, you'll help older adults improve their communication and quality of life while receiving care in the comfort of their own homes. As part of a collaborative care team, you'll provide personalized therapy services that support clients' independence and well-being.

Home health experience is a plus, but not required. We're looking for a caring, dedicated clinician who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others.

Our employees are our greatest asset:

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• Enjoy being part of a team that cares and a company that believes in leading with our values.
• Develop your skills with training and scholarship opportunities.
• Advance your career with specially designed career tracks.
• Be recognized and rewarded for your compassion, excellence, and reliability.

Additional Information: Base Pay, depending upon qualifications and subject to negotiation: $70.00 - $80.00 per point

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP Responsibilities:

• Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
• Perform thorough evaluations to assess, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for clients who are experiencing speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties.
• Develop a treatment plan based on the evaluation, physician’s orders, and recommended goals.
• Continually assess and revise the speech therapy care plan, and participate with BAYADA clinicians in the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate.
• Educate and instruct patients, family members, or other patient representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety, and independent living.
• Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to patient care management and services provided, utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP Qualifications:

• A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in Pennsylvania
• Possess a certificate of clinical competence in speech from the American Speech and Hearing Association, or;
• Have the equivalent educational requirements, as indicated by school transcript or diploma, and work experience necessary for such a certificate, and be awaiting the opportunity to take the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association examination for certification, or;
• Have completed the necessary work and education requirements, as indicated by school transcript or diploma, and be in the process of accumulating the necessary supervised work experience required for certification.
• Solid computer skills; prior experience with electronic medical records (EMR) preferred.

Additional Information:

Base Pay, depending upon qualifications and subject to negotiation: $70.00 - $80.00 per point

As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider,