Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) - Home Health

Job Description

About This Opportunity
Judit Inc. is hiring on behalf of one of our healthcare clients, an accredited home health care agency. They provide skilled nursing, rehabilitation, post-surgical, chronic and pediatric care to patients in their homes across the New York City area. This is a temporary, contract position : you'll be employed by Judit Inc. and work directly alongside our client's clinical team.

The description below is our client's overview of the background, skills, and experience they're looking for. If you meet most, but not all, of these, we still want to hear from you. Your Judit recruiter will walk you through the day-to-day work, schedule, pay, and contract length before anything moves forward.

Home Care services are provided in all 5 NYC boroughs, Nassau and Suffolk Counties

What you'll do
As a Home Health Speech-Language Pathologist, you'll treat patients with speech, language, cognitive-communication and swallowing difficulties in their own homes. You'll help patients communicate and eat more safely and independently, and you'll teach families how to support them between visits. Your caseload may include adults recovering from illness and children with language delays.

• Evaluate expressive and receptive language, speech, cognitive-communication and swallowing (dysphagia)
• Develop an individualized speech-language plan of care with measurable goals, following physician orders
• Provide treatment to improve communication and swallowing needed for daily activities, such as talking on the phone, eating and managing oral secretions
• Recommend safe swallowing strategies and train patients and caregivers to use them
• Reassess progress, update goals and communicate changes to the physician and care team
• Coordinate with the RN case manager, physical and occupational therapists, and home health aides
• Complete accurate, timely visit documentation

What you'll bring

• Active New York State Speech-Language Pathologist license and current registration
• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited program
• 1 year of speech-language pathology experience

Nice to have

• Home health, skilled nursing or rehabilitation experience
• Dysphagia management experience
• Pediatric language development experience

Work details

• Visits take place in patients' homes across the New York City area, with travel between visits
• You'll need to travel between homes and use stairs or walk-up buildings, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Your Judit recruiter will review caseload, schedule, pay and contract length with you