Home Health Speech Therapist – AdventHealth Home Health

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule: Part Time

Shift: Day Shift Schedule Monday- Friday

Location:  Covering Buncombe, Henderson, Polk, Transylvania with future growth into Rutherford, McDowell, Madison, Yancy and Haywood Counties.

The role you’ll contribute:

The Home Health ST Visiting therapist, under the general supervision of the Case Manager, provides therapy to assigned patients based on individual patient needs. Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates total patient care and coordinates patient/family teaching. Assures compliance with therapy standards, federal, state, and local government regulations, and company clinical policies. Provides goal directed care leading to specific outcomes. May be on call for after-hours work. Coordinates and directs the home care patient's care based on individual patient needs.

The value you’ll bring to the team:

• Performs an evaluation and utilizes the findings to determine diagnosis (for SLP services), prognosis and plan of care in consultation with the physician. Determines specific interventions, duration and frequency needed to achieve anticipated goals and outcomes.
• Observes and records activities and findings in the clinical record and reports to the physician and or primary Case Manager the patient’s reaction to treatment and any changes in patient’s condition, or when there are deviations from the plan of care.
• Instructs the patient and caregiver regarding the patient’s speech language improvement program including adaptive equipment and the home program.
• Instructs other health team personnel including, when appropriate, home health aides and caregivers in certain phases of speech therapy with which they may work with the patient.

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

Minimum qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Speech Therapy 
• 1 year relevant clinical Speech therapy experience 
• Speech Therapist License in State of Practice
• Active American Heart Association BLS
• Valid in state Driver’s License with current car insurance

Preferred qualifications:

• Recent, relevant experience in a Medicare-certified home health agency as a case-manager
• Certificate for OASIS Specialist – Clinical
• Home Health Case-Manager Certification