Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) - Home Heal

There For You Home Care Services a Division of UniversaCare is hiring Speech-Language Pathologists for home health visits in the Waterbury, CT area. Full-time and per diem schedules are available. We are a Medicare-certified home health agency (CT DPH License 9915730) serving adults recovering from stroke, neurological conditions, head and neck surgery and progressive illness in their own homes.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate speech, language, cognitive-communication and swallowing function in the home
• Develop and update individualized plans of care with measurable goals
• Provide dysphagia treatment and diet recommendations, aphasia and dysarthria therapy, and cognitive-communication training
• Train patients, families and caregivers on safe swallowing strategies and home programs
• Coordinate with nursing, PT, OT, aides and physicians; communicate changes in status
• Complete timely, accurate documentation that meets Medicare and agency standards

Requirements

• Current Connecticut SLP license (required); ASHA CCC-SLP preferred
• Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology
• Home health experience preferred
• Valid driver’s license, reliable vehicle and auto insurance
• CPR certification

Compensation

• Full-time: $48.00 - $58.00 per hour
• Per diem: $90.00 - $110.00 per visit

Benefits

• Weekly pay and a clock-in app
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Mileage reimbursement
• $250 referral bonus after your referral works 100 hours
• Tuition assistance after 2,500 hours for approved career programs

Work location: in patients’ homes, based from our Waterbury office (534 Frost Road) and serving Greater Waterbury, the Naugatuck Valley and surrounding New Haven and Litchfield County towns. Hamden-area visits also available.