Speech Language Pathologist

Job description

Our Company Adoration Home Health and Hospice: Overview: The Speech Language Pathologist is a licensed professional who provides direct and indirect patient care services to patients in their home environment or alternative setting according to the organization’s policies and procedures. Evaluates patients and develops speech therapy treatment programs in collaboration with the physician and provides speech therapy treatments to patients. Administers complex active and passive therapeutic exercise. Instructs, motivates, and assists patients / caregivers in learning and improving activities of daily living. Responsibilities: - Assesses and analyzes of patient care needs and establishes mutual goals with the patient and/or caregiver for a comprehensive plan of care including discharge planning - Assesses the patient’s environment with particular attention to safety to ensure the environment is suitable for the delivery of safe and effective care - Assesses the patient support system and utilization of available community resources to ensure optimum level of care - Identifies therapy diagnosis/patient care problems and interventions; makes additions or changes to ensure the patient pr...