Our Company
Adoration Home Health and Hospice
Overview
SLP- Speech Language Pathologist
Shallotte, NC
PRN
Adoration Health is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist to join our team. This position is a great opportunity to grow your SLP skillset while providing essential one-on-one care to individuals in the home care setting. Join our team of dedicated Speech Language Pathologists today to begin helping people live their best life.
Adoration Health’s comprehensive benefits include:
- Medical, dental and vision
- Life insurance
- Tuition reimbursement and discounts
- Paid time off
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee discounts
- Flexible Schedules
Responsibilities
- Communicate with patients to evaluate their levels of speech or language difficulty, determining the need for continued therapy services
- Determine the extent of communication problems by having a patient complete basic reading and vocalizing tasks or by giving standardized tests
- Teach patients how to make sounds and improve their voices
- Teach alternative communication methods, such as sign language, to patients with little or no speech capability
- Instruct other health team personnel, patients and/or caregivers in certain phases of therapeutic exercises with which they may work with the patient.
- Instruct the patient, caregivers or agency staff involved in assisting the patient, in self exercise programs, when applicable.
- Document appropriate progress and clinical notes noting patient's response to therapy and submit visit documentation per Agency policy
Qualifications
- Master’s degree as a Speech Language Pathologist / SLP
- Current license as a Speech Language Pathologist / SLP
- Minimum of one year (1) direct patient care experience preferably in-home care environment
- Current CPR certification
- Reliable transportation, valid driver license, and current automobile insurance