Home Health Speech Therapist / SLP (58851)

Interim HealthCare - Great Lakes Health PartnersJanesville, WisconsinOn-siteFull-timeListed 2 hours ago

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About this role

Home Health Speech Therapist / Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

in Janesville, WI and the Surrounding Area

Interim HealthCare, the nations first home care company, is excited to be hiring a PRN Home Health Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our team in the Janesville, WI and surrounding area. Discover a new path in speech therapy that makes caring for patients personal and rewarding. As a Home Health SLP for Interim HealthCare, youll help patients find hope and healing through home-based speech therapy designed to overcome their challenges and increase their quality of life.

Our Home Health Speech-Language Pathologists enjoy some excellent benefits:

- This position is PRN

- Market competitive credit model!

- Mileage reimbursement for eligible travel between patient visits

- Build meaningful one-on-one relationships with our patients

- More autonomy, work independently, and enjoy work-life balance

- Clinician Friendly EMR

As a Home Health Speech-Language Pathologist, heres a big-picture view of what youll do:

- Provide home-based speech therapy to patients having communication, swallowing or cognitive difficulties due to an illness or injury

- Work as part of a home health team which may include an RN, LPN, CNA, HHA, PT and OT, focused on the patients plan of care and established goals

- Observe and evaluate a patients ability to communicate, swallow and process information

- Conduct patient assessments, document progress and ensure patient goals are met

- Assist with mouth, breathing and swallowing exercises, fluency, articulation and reading

- Educate patient and family on plan of care, therapy goals, safety practices and self-care

A few must-haves for Home Health Speech-Language Pathologists:

- Masters or Doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology and active SLP license in Wisconsin

- Minimum of 1 year of speech therapy experience, ideally in home healthcare

- CPR certification

- Knowledge of state and federal home health regulations

- Good clinical judgement, critical thinking skills, strong communicator, empathy and compassion

Why Work for Interim HealthCare?

Founded in 1966, Interim HealthCare is the nations first home care company and a leading employer of Home Health Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs). Operating through 300+ offices, our commitment to you is expressed through a family-oriented culture that values and appreciates therapists, and a passion to put patients first. Join a nationwide network of SLPs who are making a significant impact in the lives of others through the personalized, home-based therapy they provide.

Interim HealthCare provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.