The Care Team The care you deserve and the support you need.

Come join our growing team! The Care Team Home Health is looking for a full-time Speech Therapist to care for patients in Northern, MI. We specialize in providing Home Care in the home and facilities. If you are looking for a new and exciting opportunity, we encourage you to apply today. A member of the recruiting team will be in contact with you to discuss this opportunity in more detail. At the Care Team we offer:

• Engaging Company Culture
• Competitive Compensation
• Growth from within through training, supportive leadership, and collaboration with the best of the best in your field
• Independence, Autonomy, and Flexibility!
• Innovation and industry-leading systems and technology

As a member of The Care Team, you will enjoy a wealth of great benefit choices including:

• A full benefits package including Health, dental, and vision
• 401k with company match
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible spending
• Company Paid and optional Life and Long-Term Disability, Short Term Disability
• Accident Coverage

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: The Speech Therapist provides skilled pathology service on an intermittent basis to patients in their homes in accordance with the physicians orders.

Additionally, the Speech Therapist will:

• Evaluate the patients level of functioning and recommends mechanisms to enhance the patients hearing ability.
• Provide initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of the patients needs, including Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) assessments.
• The clinical record shall contain notes for each service provided. A clinical note will be completed for each visit made to a patients home (including a private residence, assisted living facility, group homes, or skilled nursing facility) within 48 hours of the visit.
• Establish a Speech Therapy treatment plan in consultation with the physician and revises it with the approval of the physician as necessary.
• Assist in the development and implementation of the interdisciplinary patient care plan as it pertains to Speech Therapy.
• Assure that the physicians orders are appropriate and discuss necessary changes.
• Communicate with other team members and, when appropriate, instruct them in speech pathology techniques that they may use while working with the patient.
• Teach, supervise, and counsel the family and patient in the total Speech Therapy program and other related problems of the patient at home.
• Evaluate the patient, his/her significant other(s), and the home situation to determine what instruction will be required, what assistance will be available for the family in caring for the patient, and what other agency and community services will be required.
• Make arrangements for out-patient services for procedures that cannot be given in the home.
• Record on a timely basis all evaluation data, treatments, and patients response to therapeutic intervention.
• Supervise the Home Health per agency policy when Speech Therapy is the only professional discipline involved in the patients care.
• Record and report to the physician the patients reaction to treatment and/or any changes in the patients condition.
• Participate in the development of periodic revision of the physicians plan of treatment keeping him/her informed of the patients status and obtaining additional orders if necessary.
• Communicate with the physician at least every 30 days or whenever changes occur regarding the patients status, and obtaining additional orders, if necessary.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of speech pathology intervention and updates the patient care plan as needed.
• Write clinical/progress notes on the date of the visit and incorporates the same in the patients record within 14 days.
• Assume responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her health care knowledge through educational programs, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organization meetings, and individual research and reading.
• Confirm, every week, the scheduling of visits with the Director of Nursing to coordinate the patients visit schedule.
• Participate in agency activities, case conferences, and meetings, when appropriate.
• Participate with staff, patients, and physicians in discharge planning activities and completes a Speech Therapy Discharge Summary.
• Obtain a medical history, particularly as it relates to the present condition.
• Evaluate the patient, and the home situation to determine what instruction and assistance will be available from the family in caring for the patient, and what other Agency and community services will be required.
• Assure that the physicians orders are appropriate and discuss necessary changes.
• The ability to drive and the ability to access patients homes which may not be routinely wheelchair accessible are required.
• On occasion, may be required to bend, stoop, reach and move the patient weight up to 250 pounds; lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds.