What are the responsibilities and job description for the Speech Language Pathologist in Boston, MA position at Brockton Home Health Care Agency LLC?
Job Summary: Brockton Home Health Agency is looking for a Lead Home Health Clinical Manager, inspire and motivate clinical manager to run our MassHealth/Medicaid, Medicare and GAFC program.
About Brockton Home Health Care
Brockton Home Health Agency is a Medicaid and Medicare certified in Massachusetts and accredited by the Joint Commission - Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Our mission is to provide each client and family with a sense of comfort, knowing they are being cared for by professionals that are exceptional in their field and who are innately invested in the well-being of others
Highlights:
Speech Language Pathologist Responsibilities include:
The Speech Language Pathologist / SLP is responsible for the assessment of referred patients that require treatment for speech, hearing and or language deficits. The Speech Language Pathologist / SLP will teach patients how to make sounds, improve their voices, or increase their oral or written language skills to communicate more effectively. Also, the Speech Language Pathologist / SLP will teach individuals how to strengthen muscles or use compensatory strategies to swallow without choking or inhaling food or liquid.
Requirements:
- Must have graduated from an accredited school.
- Current state license as a Speech Language Pathologist / SLP or proactively in the process of the application process for current state licensure as a Speech Language Pathologist / SLP.
- Current CPR certification.
- Work within an interdisciplinary team to develop a plan of care for each patient.
- Provide skilled speech therapy services / interventions in accordance with physician orders.
- Assesses patient needs, plans for, evaluates and modifies care to meet goals of speech therapy interventions.
- Set realistic and achievable goals for patients to develop, or recover, reliable communication and swallowing skills so that the patient can fulfill their educational, vocational and social roles
- Candidate must be an SLP-CCC.
As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, Brockton Home Health Care complies with all state/local mandates.
Brockton Home Health Care, and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.
Salary : $72,000 - $80,000