Speech Language Pathologist Care Manager PRN Home health

Job Description:

• The Home Health ST Case Manager is a professional therapist who coordinates and directs the home health patient's care based on individual patient needs.
• Cares for a caseload of home health patients by evaluating the patient for appropriateness of home health and developing the home care plan in conjunction with the physician.
• Educates patients, families, caregivers, and community providers to safely perform care.
• Provides follow-up by evaluating effectiveness of the home care plan, and monitoring patient/family's response to the plan to achieve patient/family goals and top decile outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Performs an evaluation and utilizes the findings to determine diagnosis (for SLP services), prognosis, and plan of care in consultation with the physician.
• Determines specific interventions, duration, and frequency needed to achieve anticipated goals and outcomes.
• Observes and records activities and findings in the clinical record and reports to the physician and/or primary Care Manager the patient's reaction to treatment and any changes in patient condition, or when there are deviations from the plan of care.
• Instructs the patient and caregiver regarding the patient's speech language improvement program, including adaptive equipment and the home program.
• Documents in medical record, accurately reflecting treatment provided, updates the care plan as needed, including the aide care plan; writes modified orders for changes in the plan of care.

Requirements:

• Master's in Speech Therapy
• 1 relevant clinical Speech therapy experience
• Speech Therapist Certified in State of Practice
• Valid in-state Driver's License with current car insurance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recent, relevant experience in a Medicare-certified home health agency as a case-manager
• Certificate for OASIS Specialist Clinical
• Home Health Case-Manager Certification

Salary : $80,000 - $120,000