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Speech Language Pathologist

BJC Home Care Services offers patients and their families a complete range of home care services, including skilled nursing services, adult and pediatric hospice and supportive care, rehabilitation therapy, home infusion therapy, infusion treatment rooms, home medical equipment and high-tech respiratory care. Specialty home care programs also are available, including adult and pediatric asthma, cardiac, diabetes, orthopedic and wound care programs as well as the Lifeline emergency response system. BJC Home Care Services provides care to thousands of patients in both Missouri and Illinois. Serving more than 25 counties, it has become the largest home care network in the region and one of the largest in the country.

The Parkland Intermittent Home Care Department of BJC Home Care Services provides home visits to patients in Farmington, Missouri and several nearby counties, with 24 hour on-call home care nursing supervision. Our JCAHO accredited, multi-disciplinary approach combines leading edge technology with a firm belief in the powerful recuperative advantages of receiving home care.


Role Purpose
Provides direct patient care activities in the home environment including assessment, evaluation, treatment planning, and implementation within the guidelines of the standards for speech therapy practice and according to physician orders.

Responsibilities
Instructs patient and family in treatment procedures.
Re-evaluates patient and adapts treatment program accordingly to achieve maximum benefit.
Confers with physician and other practitioners to obtain additional information, suggest revisions in treatment plan and to integrate therapy treatment with other aspects of patients‘ care.
Minimum Requirements
 
Degree
Master's Degree, Speech Pathology
 
Experience
2-5 years
 
Supervisor Experience
No Experience
 
Licenses & Certifications
Valid Driver's License
Speech-Language Pathologist
 
Preferred Requirements and Additional Job Information
 
Additional Job Information
Non-Benefit Eligible -

Benefits Statement
Note: not all benefits apply to all openings
- Comprehensive medical, dental, life insurance, and disability plan options
- Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition Assistance
- Health Care and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
-  On-Site Fitness Center (depending on location)
-  Paid Time Off Program for vacation, holiday and sick time
*Pension does not apply to Memorial Hospital, Memorial Hospital East, Memorial Medical Group, Alton Memorial or Parkland Health Center
Legal Statement

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
 
Equal Opportunity Employer