Select Home Health Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) West Lafayette

Select Home Health Services is a central Indiana clinician based locally owned and operated skilled home health care agency providing you with skilled nursing and therapy services. We are committed to improving your health and independence all while in the comforts of your home. Our highly trained clinicians are compassionate and dependable with a commitment to excellence that is second to none. Select the best for your health!

The Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) povides skilled therapy intervention and treatment to patients in the home setting. This care includes appropriate utilization of treatment plans and assessment skills. Careful monitoring of the patients status progress toward goals and compliance with physicians orders are essential components of this position. Speech language pathologists are responsible for teaching patients and their caregivers while preparing the patient and/or family for discharge as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• • Provide services in speech pathology or audiology in accordance with the physicians plan of care.
  • Assist the physician in assessing the clients level of functioning and the development (and revise as necessary) of the plan of care by applying appropriate tests for speech hearing and
    language disorders.
  • Record and report the clients reaction to treatment and any changes in the clients condition to the physician and/or the DOR/DON.
  • Instruct and advise the client family and other health team personnel in the phases of speech pathology in which they may assist the client.
  • Check hearing aids and recommend hearing tests by audiologist when necessary.
  • Assess the clients communication oral-motor integrity cognitive status memory problem solving activities hearing speech fluency and quality.
  • Cooperate and consult with appropriate staff to provide education when requested and arranged by the DOR/DON.
  • Evaluate and regularly re-evaluate the speech pathology needs of the client; initiate develop implement and make necessary revisions to the clients plan of care.
  • Initiate diagnostic preventive and rehabilitative procedures as appropriate to the clients care and safety.
  • Make referrals to other disciplines as indicated by the needs of the client or document rationale for not doing so.

Qualifications

• • • • Graduate of an accredited college with a Masters or Doctoral degree majoring in speech-language pathology and is currently licensed in this Agencys practicing State.
      • Holds a certificate of clinical competence and licensure granted by the American Speech and Hearing Association.
      • Minimum of two years speech pathology experience.

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