Speech Language Pathologist Speech Therapist
Speech Language Pathologist Speech Therapist
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Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)
in Newport News and Surrounding areas!
Discover a new path in speech therapy that makes caring for patients personal and rewarding. As an SLP for Interim HealthCare youll help patients find hope and healing through homebased speech therapy designed to overcome their challenges and increase their quality of life.
Interim HealthCare is the nations first home care company and a leading employer of SLPs. We believe the best care happens at home where patients are at ease and therapy is customized to their unique needs. If you share our passion for personalized patient care you are made for this!
Our SpeechLanguage Pathologists enjoy some excellent benefits:
- Competitive per visit rates (PRN)
- 1:1 therapisttopatient ratios where you impact outcomes
- Flexible assignments autonomy and worklife balance
- Online training growth and ability to earn CEUs
- Paid Time Off and Company Paid Holidays
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Disability/Life Insurance offered
As an SLP heres a bigpicture view of what youll do:
- Provide homebased 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 selfcare
A few musthaves for SpeechLanguage Pathologists:
- Masters or Doctoral degree in SpeechLanguage Pathology and active SLP license in Virginia
- Minimum of 2 years of speech therapy experience ideally in home healthcare
- Knowledge of state and federal home health regulations
- Good clinical judgement critical thinking skills strong communicator empathy and compassion
- Valid Drivers License and/or reliable transportation
InterimHealthCare 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.
Employment Type
Part-Time
