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BAYADA Home Health Care - Franklin Township, NJ
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Franklin Township, NJ
Ambulatory Health Care Services
About the position
BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking a dedicated Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) for a full-time position focused on providing home health visits to adult and geriatric patients in Somerset and Middlesex Counties. The role involves being a key member of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team, delivering rehabilitative care and skilled nursing to clients, ensuring they receive the necessary medical support to remain at home.
Responsibilities
- Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
- Perform thorough evaluations to assess, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for clients experiencing speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties.
- Develop a treatment plan based on evaluations, physician's orders, and recommended goals.
- Continually assess and revise the speech therapy care plan, participating 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.
Requirements
- A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in NJ.
- Possess a certificate of clinical competence in speech from the American Speech and Hearing Association, or equivalent educational requirements and work experience necessary for such a certificate, and be awaiting the opportunity to take the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association examination for certification.
- Solid computer skills; prior experience with electronic medical records (EMR) preferred.
Nice-to-haves
- Prior home care experience as a Speech Language Pathologist is a plus, but not required.
Benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Discount program
- Sick pay
- Employee assistance programs
- Vision benefits
- Bereavement
- Health Care FSA
- Weekly pay
- Continuing Education
- Holiday Pay
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Dental benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dependent Care FSA
