Speech Therapist Home Health Specialist

5 days ago

Sacramento, California, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time
Job Summary:

This role is designed for Speech Therapists who require flexibility in their work schedule, including making home visits at any given time, or who have responsibilities that involve working in patients' places of residence.

In accordance with agency policy and state/federal regulations, this position provides independent, age-appropriate speech therapy evaluation and treatment to patients in their place of residence.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate patients and interpret evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
  • Establish treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.
  • Provide instruction and education to patient, family, and caregivers.
  • Regularly reassess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need to modify goals and treatment.
  • Initiate discharge planning for speech therapy.
  • Implement the plan of care through direct treatment of patient, delegate a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinate the treatment program with other healthcare personnel as appropriate.
  • Discharge patient from speech therapy when the patient has received a maximum benefit from speech therapy in accordance with federal (Medicare), state, and/or other regulatory guidelines.

In accordance with agency policy, this position provides accurate, timely documentation of speech therapy patient management.

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate need for interdisciplinary referrals to RN, PT, OT, MSW, and HH Aide.
  • Participate in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in speech therapy.
  • Participate in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.
  • Participate in multidisciplinary patient care conferences.
  • Demonstrate ongoing progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.
  • Assist in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs.
  • Perform other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects.
  • Supervise the work of Home Health Aides according to regulation and agency policy.

Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to re-evaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Experience: Minimum two (2) years of experience in speech therapy.
  • Education: Graduate of an accredited speech therapy curriculum with a bachelor's or master's degree.
  • License, Certification, Registration: Speech-Language Pathologist License (California) required at hire, Driver's License (California), Basic Life Support required at hire, National Provider Identifier required at hire.
Additional Requirements:
  • Advanced Practice Certification may be required based on operational need.
  • Clinically skilled to detect early warning signs of medical complications, including assessments of skin integrity and mentation.
  • Ability to differentiate emergent versus non-emergent patient care status.
  • Ability to look at patient holistically, not just body part or functional ability.
  • Commitment to Service Orientation.
  • Effective written and oral communication skills (in English).
  • Good interpersonal skills.
  • Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience in an automated clinical information system preferred.
  • Computer literate preferred.
  • Knowledge of Medicare conditions of participation and OASIS preferred.

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