Speech Therapist – PRN
Elara Capital
part-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Middlebury • Connecticut • 🇺🇸 United States
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Junior
About the role
- Promotes Elara Caring’s philosophy, mission statement and administrative policies to ensure quality of care
- Evaluates the Speech-Language pathologist patient to determine the rehabilitation needs and potential for achievement and develops a plan of care in accordance with the findings
- Admits the patient and assesses speech-language therapy and all other needs according to OASIS and PPS regulatory guidelines
- Makes the initial therapy evaluation visit and re-evaluates the patient’s speech language therapy needs during each visit
- Makes follow-up assessments according to OASIS and PPS regulatory guidelines
- Initiates plan for patient safety, using the patient, family, and community resources
- Communicates significant findings, problems, and changes in condition or environment to the appropriate supervisor, the physician, and other team members involved with patient care
- Participates in the implementation and development of the Plan of Care to ensure quality and continuity of care and proper discharge planning
- Verifies the Plan of Care prior to each visit and provides care according to physician’s orders, assessment data, and established standards and guidelines
- Writes physician orders to cover additional visits and changes to the Plan of Care, per agency policy
- Incorporates patient care goals established in the Plan of Care, into therapy care, as evidenced by documentation in therapy notes
- Initiates and revises the Plan of Care in response to identified patient care issues
- Performs direct Speech-Language pathology services in accordance with accepted standards of practice and certified by the patient’s physician
- Selects diagnostic and therapeutic materials appropriate to patient needs
- Instructs and provides patients and/or their caregiver in the home therapy program providing modification and clarification when necessary
- Assures clinical notes indicate continuing communication and coordination of services with physician, other staff, and disciplines
- Ensures that all therapy notes, supply log/visit logs are accurate and turned into the office according to office policy
- Physically demanding, high stress environment
- Full range of body motion including handling, lifting and transfer of patients
- Potentially work irregular hours including call hours if applicable
Requirements
- Master’s degree from an accredited educational program in Language Pathology
- Current, unrestricted SLP license in the state of work
- Minimum one (1) year of experience as a SLP in a clinical care setting
- Able and willing to travel within branch/office coverage area
- Must have a dependable vehicle, valid driver’s license, and current auto insurance in accordance with state laws
- Must be able and willing to travel 50%
- Able to sit, stand, bend, lift and move intermittently and be able to lift 50-100 lbs.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Tuition reimbursement for full-time staff and continuing education opportunities for all employees at no cost
- Opportunities for advancement
- Comprehensive insurance plans for medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401(K) with employer match
- Paid time off, paid holidays, family, and pet bereavement
- Pet insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Speech-Language PathologyOASISPPSPlan of Carepatient assessmenttherapy evaluationdiagnostic materials selectionhome therapy program instructionclinical documentationpatient safety
Soft skills
communicationcoordinationteam collaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilitypatient care focusorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillsleadershipstress management
Certifications
Master’s degree in Language PathologySLP license