Contingent Home Health Speech Therapist

Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Description:

Position Overview:

As a Home Health Speech Therapist, you'll provide in-home skilled professional speech and audiology diagnostic and therapeutic services to the agency's clients as authorized by their physician and in compliance with the state's professional practice act for speech pathologists, any applicable licensure/certification requirements.

Why Join Us?

Start Here... Grow Here... Stay Here

At our core, we believe in building careers, not just jobs. Many of our team members stay with us for the long haul-and for good reason. Our culture is built on support, growth and opportunity.

What Will You Do:

• Effectively and efficiently prioritizes visit content and plans visits based on client capabilities, conditions, preferences (when possible), physician orders and available resources.

• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, the Organizational Integrity Program, Code of Ethics, as well as agency policies and procedures and adheres in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior.

• Accurately assesses clients at admission, at required time points, utilizing appropriate standardized documentation. Assesses the client's condition for speech therapy or audiology services.

• Develops appropriate assessment-based plan of treatment with physician and client. Plan includes attainable episode goals and agency services needed to improve and/or stabilize client's medical condition and promote independence. Participates in timely revision of the plan of treatment as appropriate.

• Makes appropriate referrals for evaluation/care to other disciplines and services, and coordinates care with others to ensure effective and efficient care is provided.

What You Can Expect:

• Consistent, Reliable Workloads Enjoy steady assignments with guaranteed hours-no surprises.

• Competitive Pay & Low-Cost Benefits Get exceptional coverage and real savings that make a difference.

• Supportive Leadership Our management team is here to help you succeed every step of the way.

• Career Growth Opportunities Every leader on our team started in a field role-your path to leadership starts here.

• Epic EMR System Streamlined documentation and communication for better care and less stress.

• Fast Hiring Process Quick interviews and job offer-because your time matters.

• Meaningful Work Deliver one-on-one care that truly impacts lives.

• Zero On-Call Requirements Focus on your work without the stress of being on call.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Meets the educational and experience requirements for a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Pathology granted by the American Speech and Hearing Association; or, meets the educational requirements for certification and is in the process of accumulating the supervised experience required for certificate.

• Registration or license to practice as a speech pathologist in the state of practice if applicable.

• Must accept responsibility for maintaining clinical practice skills, learning and adhering to agency's policies and procedures on an on-going basis.

• Must be able to function in a practice environment with minimal direct supervision, accepting personal responsibility for maintaining a professional relationship with the agency's clients and their families.

• Must have current Driver's license and reliable transportation to and from work site.

• Accurately documents observations, evaluations and interventions pertaining to client care management and services in accordance with agency policy and procedure utilizing the point of care information system. This will include assessments, orders, visit reports, medication information, treatments, coordination of services, client progress or lack of progress toward goals, and contacts with physicians and agency and community providers as appropriate.

• Takes appropriate steps to assure timely submission of client data to the office for inclusion in the client record (by timely electronic transmission of data, or when appropriate by fax or mail).

• Works with scheduling to assure visits and client care coverage are scheduled in accordance with the plan of care and plans ahead for PTO or other time off.

• Ability to consistently demonstrate commitment to the mission and Organizational Code of Ethics and adhere to the Compliance Program.

• The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned from time to time, as the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands

About Trinity Health At Home - Muskegon (Michigan)

Trinity Health At Home - Muskegon is a member of Trinity Health At Home , a national home care, hospice and palliative care organization serving communities throughout eleven states. As a faith-based, not-for-profit agency, we serve patients and families in the comfort of home, offering skilled nursing, therapy (physical, occupational, speech) and medical social work. We are Medicare-certified and accredited by The Joint Commission. Learn more about us at TrinityHealthAtHome.org/Michigan .

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran