Speech Language Pathologist - Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT and NH

Speech Language Pathologist – Home Health

PRN, Days

Why work as a Speech Language Pathologist at Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire?

• You really get to know your patients and become an integral part of their care team.
• Your average visit is 45 minutes giving you significant time to provide meaningful therapy.
• You are provided broad independence but are also part of a cohesive patient-care team.
• You get to be an important part of the community where you live.
• You have a work/life balance that can match the flexibility you need.

Benefits include:

• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Clinical CEUs
• Online LinkedIn Learning

Locations:

• White River Junction, VT area

Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH covers more than 70 towns delivering superior nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and personal care services with proven effectiveness, integrity, and compassion. Our only goal is to help the people in our communities. When you join Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH, you’ll become part of a dedicated team delivering outstanding home health and hospice services that enrich the lives of the people we serve.

Speech Language Pathologists at VNH provide professional speech, language, and hearing services to clients in their homes. SLPs also provide speech language pathology education to staff, patients and other members of the patient’s support team.

The SLP will:

• Screen, evaluate, diagnose, schedule and treat patients with communication disorders and dysphasia.
• Document patients’ diagnosis, treatment, and progress.
• Communicate patient care information as appropriate to outside referrers and team members.
• Educate patient/family concerning patient's disability, progress, and potential.
• Coordinate home visits with other homecare staff.
• Establish and maintain good public relations by becoming a local resource for communication disorder information.
• Prepare and participate in continuing education and in-service sessions for agency staff and outside agencies.
• Participate with other team members in prevention programs as consultant and/or therapist.
• Participate in formal investigative studies as determined in consultation with program Director.
• Maintain knowledge of homecare regulations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Speech Pathology required.
• Professional license in both Vermont and New Hampshire required.

Compensation:

• $35.07 - $54.35 per hour, based upon experience.

We would love to meet you and tell you more about this engaging and fulfilling part of our healthcare delivery system. Our recruiters can explain the different roles, our service area, the unique aspects of home and hospice care, and the many benefits we can offer your career and personal life.

Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) will never require candidates to provide personally identifying information such as social security number, date of birth, street address, or banking information in order to submit an application for employment. Identifying information will only be requested after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted, for the purposes of security screening and onboarding. If you experience a request for your personal information prior to acceptance of an offer of employment, please contact VNH’s Human Resources Department immediately at 888.300.8853 or EmailHR@vnhcare.org.

As part of Dartmouth Health, Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH is an equal-opportunity employer.

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