Job Description
Job Description
About Company :
Our Mission at Choice is to enhance the life of every patient we serve in the pursuit of delivering excellent healthcare. We've worked diligently to shape the culture of the company in how we lead and work daily. As leaders, employees, clinicians, and support staff we strive to apply the Pillars of Choice every day.
About the Role :
The Speech Language Pathologist PRN plays a critical role in delivering specialized therapeutic services to patients within their home environments, focusing on improving communication, swallowing, and cognitive-communication disorders. This position requires the ability to assess, diagnose, and treat a diverse patient population with varying speech and language impairments, ensuring personalized care plans that promote optimal patient outcomes. The role demands flexibility and adaptability to work on an as-needed basis, often coordinating with interdisciplinary teams to support holistic patient care. The Speech Language Pathologist will also educate patients and their families on strategies to enhance communication and swallowing functions, empowering them to manage their conditions effectively. Ultimately, this position contributes significantly to enhancing patients' quality of life by restoring and improving essential communication abilities in a home health care setting.
As a Speech Language Pathologist, you will :
Administer and evaluate hearing or speech and language test results, barium swallow results, or medical or background information to diagnose and plan treatment for speech, language, fluency, voice, or swallowing disorders.
Develop or implement treatment plans for problems such as stuttering, delayed language, swallowing disorders, or inappropriate pitch or harsh voice problems, based on own assessments and recommendations of physicians, psychologists, or social workers.
Participate in and write reports for meetings regarding patients' progress, such as individualized educational planning (IEP) meetings, in-service meetings, or intervention assistance team meetings.
Instruct clients in techniques for more effective communication, such as sign language, lip reading, or voice improvement.
Educate patients and family members about various topics, such as communication techniques or strategies to cope with or to avoid personal misunderstandings.
Develop speech exercise programs to reduce disabilities.
Teach clients to control or strengthen tongue, jaw, face muscles, or breathing mechanisms.
Supervise or collaborate with the therapy team.
Requirements
Valid Speech Language Pathologist License
1 year of rehab experience preferred
CPR certification
Valid Driver’s License
Valid Auto Insurance
Long Term Care experience preferred
Vital-Stim certification preferred
HomeCare HomeBase experience preferred
Physical Demands
Must be able to stand, walk, sit, climb, crawl, squat, or kneel for extended periods.
Must be able to lift, carry, pull, or push up to 100 lbs..
Benefits and Perks
Speech Language Pathologist Prn • Reno, NV, US