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Texas Health Huguley FWS

Speech Language Pathologist PRN Home Health

Texas Health Huguley FWS, Palm Coast, Florida, United States, 32164

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Speech Language Pathologist PRN Home Health Benefits and Perks: Benefits from Day One Paid Days Off from Day One 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. Shift and Location: Weekdays, with occasional weekend days, performing patient home visits in the Palm Coast to Ormond Beach area and surrounding areas. Job Responsibilities

The role you’ll contribute: Performs evaluation of the homecare patient to determine the type of speech or language disorder and the appropriate corrective therapy; provides rehabilitative services for swallowing, speech and language disorders; records activities and findings in the clinical record, submits reports to the physician regarding changes in the patient's condition or deviations from the plan of care; instructs other health team personnel and caregivers in methods of assisting the patient to improve and correct speech disabilities. Key Responsibilities: Performs an evaluation and utilizes the findings to determine diagnosis, prognosis and plan of care in consultation with the physician. Observes and records activities and findings in the clinical record and reports to the physician 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. Selects, applies or modifies skilled intervention to the patient using various skilled interventions consistent with the state practice act to achieve the best outcome possible for the patient. Documents in medical record, accurately reflecting treatment provided. Completes all documentation within the time frame required by the agency, including reassessments, discharge summaries and OASIS documents. Qualifications

Required Qualifications: Masters level graduate of a Speech Language Pathology program Current state of Florida Speech/Language Pathology license Valid in state Driver’s License with current car insurance Active American Heart Association BLS Preferred Qualifications: At least 2 years of clinical experience as a speech language pathologist Experience working with adult and geriatric rehabilitation cases Home health experience within the past 3 years Current knowledge of homecare requirements and OASIS assessments Certification for Vital Stim

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