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Renton, WA - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Eden Home Health is hiring a SpeechLanguage Pathologist to provide inhome services to our patients throughout King and Pierce county.

Why choose Eden Were interested in you and want you to succeed. Our business is growing rapidly and we want you to grow with us. We have infinite room for advancement both personally and professionally. We work hard to match you with patients that best fit YOUR skills and YOUR availability. Work 1 on 1 with your patients and establish a rewarding relationship that you wont get in any other healthcare setting. In addition Eden Health is a Certified Great Place to Work company 5 years in a row!
Job Summary:
  • Performs accurate and comprehensive speech language and swallowing assessments.
  • Obtains physician orders for certification and recertification of home speech therapy services.
  • Guarantees that changes in patients clinical status are communicated to other healthcare team members and HHA office staff verbally and in writing in a timely manner.
  • Guarantees that physician orders are communicated to other healthcare team members and HHA staff in a timely accurate and thorough manner.
  • Coordinates care planning and delivery with the physician and other healthcare team members and HHA staff to facilitate optimal patient outcomes.
  • Delivers speech therapy modalities appropriate to the patients clinical status needs and age.
  • Able to appropriately assess and reassess a patients pain.
  • Utilizes appropriate pain management modalities.
  • Provides speech therapy modalities in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
  • Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.
  • Addresses and supports cultural practices providing such practices do not harm the patient or others and do not interfere with the planned course of speech therapy.
  • Participates in the HHAs information management and Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI).
  • Complies with the HHAs policies.
  • Accurately completes OASIS data set.
  • Adheres to all applicable laws regulations and standards.
  • Completes and submits necessary documentation in accordance with HHA policy and applicable regulations.
  • Submits verification of completed visits in accordance with HHA policy.
  • Participates in interdisciplinary team conferences in accordance with HHA policy.
  • Maintains current knowledge of community resources. Identifies and accesses appropriate external and internal resources to meet patient and/or family needs and to facilitate optimal patient outcomes while home care services are being provided and for transfer and discharge processes.
  • Demonstrates effective time management and organizational skills; provides patient visits as scheduled; completes patient care within the designated time.
  • Assures continued competency by maintaining and updating professional performance knowledge and skills.
Education/Experience Requirements:
  • Masters or doctoral degree in speech language pathology and who meets either of the following requirements;
  • Is licensed as a speech language pathologist by the state in which the individual furnishes such services; or
  • In the case of an individual who furnishes services in a state which does not license speech language pathologists:
    • Has successfully completed 350 clock hours of supervised clinical practicum (or is in the process of accumulating supervised clinical experience);
    • Performed not less than 9 months of supervised full time speech language pathology services after obtaining a masters or doctoral degree in speech language pathology or a related field; and
    • Successfully completed a national examination in speech language pathology approved by the secretary.
  • Prior home health experience preferred.
  • Valid drivers license and reliable transportation
  • Proof of automobile insurance (MVR checked)
  • Proof of current CPR certification
  • Able to pass criminal background check and national sex offender clearance

Employment Type

Full Time

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