Home Health Speech Therapist Job in Santa Clara, California Us
In accordance with agency policy and state/federal regulations, provides independent, age-appropriate speech therapy evaluation and treatment to patients in their place of residence. In addition, teaches patient/family and caregiver's preventative and rehabilitative procedures and develops and coordinates the plan of care and provides case management.
Essential Functions:
- Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction. Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. Initiates discharge planning for speech therapy.
- Implements the plan of care through direct treatment of patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. Provides instruction and education to patient, family and caregivers. Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need to modifying goals and treatment. Evaluates need for interdisciplinary referrals to RN, PT, OT, MSW and HH Aide. Participates in multidisciplinary patient care conferences.
- Discharges patient from speech therapy when the patient has received a maximum benefit from speech therapy in accordance with federal (Medicare), state and/or other regulatory guidelines. In accordance with agency policy, provides accurate, timely documentation of speech therapy patient management. Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in speech therapy. Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department. Assists in the development, implementation, and review of departmental patient care programs. Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects. Supervises the work of Home Health Aides according to regulation and agency policy. Demonstrates on-going progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.
Secondary Functions:
- Provides age-appropriate speech/language, cognitive and swallowing care and treatment to patients in their place of residence in accordance with agency policy and procedure and state and federal regulations.
- Ensures the patient/family is knowledgeable in the treatment strategies used in the treatment of their disease process.
- Promotes speech/language, cognitive and swallowing rehabilitation and assessment prior to the provision of care.
- Establishes a plan of care and necessary revisions per agency policy.
- Provides ongoing periodic assessment of the patient and the patient's adaptive equipment needs.
- Initiates preventative and rehabilitative procedures.
- Initiates discharges per agency policy.
- Educates and instructs the patient, patent's family or staff as required.
- Supervises and teaches HHAs, patient caregivers, and other health personnel as required for patient care.
- Provides SLP services through all phases of care taking into consideration age and developmental needs as ordered by the attending physician and podiatrist.
- Notifies the patient's attending MD, Podiatrist and other professional persons and responsible staff of significant changes in the patient's condition in a timely manner.
- Assists in coordinating all services provided.
- Documents all care, interventions and care coordination per law, regulation and agency policy.
- Plans and organizes work assignments, sets priorities and completes work with a minimum of supervision per agency policy.
- Adheres to the service policy and principles of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program.
- Behaves in a courteous, professional manner with patients, staff and health care professionals and maintains patient confidentiality.
- Acts as a patient advocate in utilizing Medicare, Medi-Cal, Health Plan and Community Resources.
- Participates in Departmental Quality Assurance Activities and Utilization Review activities as requested.
- Participates in in-service programs.
- Annually prepares realistic professional goals and reviews their progress with Supervisor.
- Utilizes new knowledge and skills.
- Selects and attends education programs to keep current in area of practice.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Must have at least two years experience in speech therapy.
- Graduate of an accredited speech therapy curriculum with a master's degree.
- Current license to practice as a Speech Therapist in California.
- American Heart Association approved BLS.
- Must have a National Provider Identifier (NPI) or obtain an NPI prior to the employment start date.
- Clinically skilled to detect early warning signs of medical complications including mentation.
- Ability to differentiate emergent versus non-emergent patient care status.
- Ability to look at patient holistically, not just body part or functional ability.
- Commitment to Service Orientation.
- Effective written and oral communication skills (in English).
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in an automated clinical information system preferred.
- Knowledge of Medicare conditions of participation and OASIS preferred.
- Computer literate preferred.
- Minimum of two years of relevant clinical experience that involves use of modality equipment and rehabilitation techniques with at least two year under supervision, within the past five years.
- Meets the education experience requirements for a Certificate of Clinical Competence in (speech pathology or audiology) granted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association or meets the educational requirements for certification and is in the process of accumulating the supervised experience required for certification (24 hr CEV and 2 yrs state license).