Speech Therapist - Speech Therapy - Full Time

Grace and MercyHome Care Services, LLC (Caring Is Our Pride!)

SPEECH THERAPIST

Therapy

Regular, Fulltime, Per Diem, Non-exempt

Speech therapists, also known as speech and language therapists or speech-language pathologists, are highly trained health care professionals who will treat patients with speech and language disorders. Assess, diagnose, and treat language, voice, and fluency problems.

Plan, organize, and conduct speech therapy to patients to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury, or psychological or developmental problems.

Consult with the rehabilitation team to select activity programs and coordinate speech therapy with other therapeutic activities.

Test and evaluate patients' speech and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for them.

Select activities that will help patients learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental and physical capabilities.

Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work and school skills and adjust to handicaps.

Help patients improve decision-making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills using computer programs.

Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors, and eating utensils for use in therapy and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.

Provide orientation and supervision in speech therapy techniques and objectives for Home Health Aides (HHAs) to assist patients when needed.

Recommend special supplies and equipment, such as flash cards and computer-aided adaptive equipment.

Provide patients with assistance in locating and holding jobs.

Assist Director of Patient Services to formulate agency policies and procedures for speech therapy.

Must have obtained at least a Master’s degree in speech-language pathology and/or audiology.

Must be currently licensed and registered as a Speech Language Pathologist in New York State.

Fluency in a language other than English, particularly Spanish, will be a plus.

At least one year experience in Home Care.

Speech and language difficulties can have many different causes. Others, such as retardation, are developmental. Speech therapists use a variety of tests, both written and oral, as well as specially developed instrumentation to diagnose the nature and extent of an observed impairment. Based on this data, they develop and administer a course of treatment specific to each individual's needs. They track progress, provide clinical services, and counsel patients and families, often working in collaboration with other health care and education professionals, including teachers, interpreters, doctors, social workers, and psychologists. Speech therapists may work in a wide range of settings, including schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nursing facilities, clinics, geriatric facilities, home health care services, or public health departments. The successful speech therapist will possess both excellent communication skills and exceptional interpersonal skills. The therapist must be observant, in order to assess patients, and flexible in developing unique treatment regimens for each patient. As patient progress is often slow, patience is a plus, as are compassion and a sincere desire to help.

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