Home Health Speech Pathologist PRN

The Opportunity:

Provides prevention, screening, evaluation, diagnosis, management and counseling services to clients with speech/ language, cognitive-communication and /or oral-pharyngeal sensorimotor impairments. Plans directs and conducts habilitative, rehabilitative and counseling programs to treat impairments involving verbal and written language.

Schedule: PRN

The Work:

• Evaluates patients after impairment, injury, or disease.
• Creates an individualized patient-centered treatment plan based on evidenced based practice and selects appropriate interventions based upon evaluation and assessment of patient.
• Re-evaluates and provides periodic reassessment of patient progress and contributes to discharge planning.
• May supervise treatment provided by students and assistants.
• Participates and makes recommendations for client care interventions to the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided.
• Provides timely documentation per department and/or entity policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan.
• Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, patients, and others at all times.
• Performs all other duties as requested by manager.
• Participates in quality initiatives
• Meets system and departmental shift requirements

Why St. Lukes Home Care:

We believe in creating a collaborative environment, while looking for innovative ways to improve. We offer competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees:

• Medical health plans
• Continuing Education Assistance and Tuition reimbursement
• Leave of Absence, PTO, Extended Sick Leave, and various Welfare plans
• Retirement contributions
• Employee Assistance Program

For more than 30 years, Saint Luke's has set the standard for home care and hospice services throughout the Kansas City area. Saint Lukes Home Care is one of the regions premier providers of a continuum of health care in the home and led by clinicians with decades of experience in the Home Health and Hospice industry. And as part of Saint Lukes Health System, we deliver the same high-quality, comprehensive, and compassionate care.

Applicable Experience:

The best place to get care. The best place to give care . Saint Lukes 12,000 employees strive toward that vision every day. Our employees are proud to work for the only faith-based, nonprofit, locally owned health system in Kansas City. Joining Saint Lukes means joining a team of exceptional professionals who strive for excellence in patient care. Do the best work of your career within a highly diverse and inclusive workspace where all voices matter.

J oin the Kansas City region's premiere provider of health services. Equal Opportunity Employer.