FALCON HEALTHCARE
Interim Healthcare is a leading Regional Provider of Home Health Services based in Texas.
Our company has grown to over 35 offices in Texas and New Mexico.
At Interim Healthcare, the relationships we have with each other and our patients are the foundation of the strong culture we have built.
We believe in placing the patient's interests at the heart of everything we do and that's what makes our job so rewarding.
Come join a dynamic team of professionals who have proven that home health care is not just a businessit's a choice of the heart! At Interim Home Health and Hospice, we strive to support and improve the overall quality of life for the patients we serve.
General Purpose:
Interim Healthcare is searching for a Speech Language Pathologist/Speech Therapist to provides services for the purpose of diagnosing and treating speech and language disorders that result in communication disabilities and for the diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders (dysphagia), as well as auditory rehabilitation.
Essential Job Functions:
Assist the physician or other licensed independent practitioner in evaluating the patient's level of communication deficit, hearing and swallowing function, as well as in developing the resulting plan of care/treatment including appropriate long term treatment goals, selection of interventions, and the intensity, frequency and duration of services to meet the needs of an individual patient.
Completes initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments at appropriate time points as assigned.
Selects and teaches task-oriented therapeutic activities designed to improve comprehension and production of language in oral, signed, or written modalities; speech and voice production; auditory training; speech reading; and communication strategies using multi-modal training (e.
g.
visual, auditory-visual, and tactile).
Regularly assess changes in the patient's status since the last visit/treatment day, and determine whether the planned services should be modified, performing a re-evaluation and obtaining revision orders from the physician as indicated.
Prepares and submits timely, legible, relevant, and sufficient documentation - whether written or electronic - of treatment and skilled intervention provided, as well appropriate reports of a patient's progress toward goals in accordance with professional standards of practice, policy, and procedures and payor requirements.
Advises and consults with the family and/or other caregivers to promote patient progress and planning for discharge.
Participates in educating the patient and the family, and other caregivers to promote patient progress toward mutually established goals.
Actively effectively communicates with other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team providing care in order to promote coordination of patient care and planning for discharge.
Visually and auditorily observes and assesses the patient.
Participates in quality and performance improvement measuresParticipates in in-service training, as requested.
Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
Master's or doctoral degree in speech-language pathology, and who meets either of the following requirements:
Has successfully completed 350 clock hours of supervised clinical practicum (or is in the process of accumulating such supervised clinical experience).
Performed not less than 9 months of supervised full-time speech-language pathology services after obtaining a master's or doctoral degree in speech-language pathology or a related field; andSuccessfully completed an approved national examination in speech-language pathology.
Licensed as a speech-language pathologist by the State in which the individual furnishes such services; orIn the case of an individual who furnishes services in a State which does not license speech-language pathologists:
In the last 5 years, 2 years of experience as a speech-language pathologist that is relevant to the patient population assigned.
Provide proof of valid driver's license and valid auto liability insurance, per organization-specific policy.
Read and interpret technical instructions related to the care of the patient.
Provide proof of current CPR certification, per organization-specific policy.
Prioritize multiple functions or tasks to effectively manage multiple changes based on patient needs.
Proof of Covid vaccine, medical exemption or religious exemption.
About the Company:
FALCON HEALTHCARE.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Our company has grown to over 35 offices in Texas and New Mexico.
At Interim Healthcare, the relationships we have with each other and our patients are the foundation of the strong culture we have built.
We believe in placing the patient's interests at the heart of everything we do and that's what makes our job so rewarding.
Come join a dynamic team of professionals who have proven that home health care is not just a businessit's a choice of the heart! At Interim Home Health and Hospice, we strive to support and improve the overall quality of life for the patients we serve.
General Purpose:
Interim Healthcare is searching for a Speech Language Pathologist/Speech Therapist to provides services for the purpose of diagnosing and treating speech and language disorders that result in communication disabilities and for the diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders (dysphagia), as well as auditory rehabilitation.
Essential Job Functions:
Assist the physician or other licensed independent practitioner in evaluating the patient's level of communication deficit, hearing and swallowing function, as well as in developing the resulting plan of care/treatment including appropriate long term treatment goals, selection of interventions, and the intensity, frequency and duration of services to meet the needs of an individual patient.
Completes initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments at appropriate time points as assigned.
Selects and teaches task-oriented therapeutic activities designed to improve comprehension and production of language in oral, signed, or written modalities; speech and voice production; auditory training; speech reading; and communication strategies using multi-modal training (e.
g.
visual, auditory-visual, and tactile).
Regularly assess changes in the patient's status since the last visit/treatment day, and determine whether the planned services should be modified, performing a re-evaluation and obtaining revision orders from the physician as indicated.
Prepares and submits timely, legible, relevant, and sufficient documentation - whether written or electronic - of treatment and skilled intervention provided, as well appropriate reports of a patient's progress toward goals in accordance with professional standards of practice, policy, and procedures and payor requirements.
Advises and consults with the family and/or other caregivers to promote patient progress and planning for discharge.
Participates in educating the patient and the family, and other caregivers to promote patient progress toward mutually established goals.
Actively effectively communicates with other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team providing care in order to promote coordination of patient care and planning for discharge.
Visually and auditorily observes and assesses the patient.
Participates in quality and performance improvement measuresParticipates in in-service training, as requested.
Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
Master's or doctoral degree in speech-language pathology, and who meets either of the following requirements:
Has successfully completed 350 clock hours of supervised clinical practicum (or is in the process of accumulating such supervised clinical experience).
Performed not less than 9 months of supervised full-time speech-language pathology services after obtaining a master's or doctoral degree in speech-language pathology or a related field; andSuccessfully completed an approved national examination in speech-language pathology.
Licensed as a speech-language pathologist by the State in which the individual furnishes such services; orIn the case of an individual who furnishes services in a State which does not license speech-language pathologists:
In the last 5 years, 2 years of experience as a speech-language pathologist that is relevant to the patient population assigned.
Provide proof of valid driver's license and valid auto liability insurance, per organization-specific policy.
Read and interpret technical instructions related to the care of the patient.
Provide proof of current CPR certification, per organization-specific policy.
Prioritize multiple functions or tasks to effectively manage multiple changes based on patient needs.
Proof of Covid vaccine, medical exemption or religious exemption.
About the Company:
FALCON HEALTHCARE.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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