Speech Language Pathologist (Per Diem) (Healthcare)

Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice of Suffolk (VNSHS) is an independent not-for-profit healthcare agency that serves patients and their families throughout Suffolk County Long Island with visiting nurse home and hospice services, inpatient Hospice House, rehabilitative therapy, medical social work, home health aide care, nutritional education and diabetic counseling, community programs, and more.
Our mission is:

To provide health services of the highest quality
To enable people to function as independently as possible in their homes and communities
To promote individual, family, and community health
To maintain a tradition of charitable and compassionate care
To provide hospice care that supports quality of life for the terminally ill throughout the dying and bereavement period

At VNSHS, we embrace diverse voices and value the seen and unseen qualities that make each person unique. We are committed to the creation of a community based upon full inclusion and equity. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion learning facilitates opportunities and growth for our employees so that the patients we care for may thrive.
Our work environment includes:

Quality 1:1 time with patients
Supportive professional environment
1:1 training and orientation period at your pace

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides skilled speech - language therapy services to VNSHS patients as evidenced by:

Adherence to infection control practices and agency policies and procedures regarding patient care.

Use of Chronic Disease management and health promotion strategies.

Use of Motivational Interviewing Techniques.

Notifies and collaborates with the home care physician and clinical team and maintains physician orders.

2. Provides initial and on going speech - language assessment and intervention, in accordance with currently approved methods and standards of practice, as evidenced by:

Initial evaluation focuses on the assessment of speech, language, cognition and swallowing disorders.

POC focus on patient centered goals.

Clear documentation of skilled interventions and patient's progress towards or revision of goals as indicated.

3. Provides case-management oversight and case coordination as necessary when other disciplines have discontinued their plan of care as evidenced by:

Identifies patient centered goals and an interdisciplinary team approach to meet these goals, under the direction of the home care physician, with the most efficient use of resources and avoidance of re-hospitalization.

4. Demonstrates OASIS proficiency as evidenced by:

OASIS walk evaluations with clinical manager.

Scores an average of 92% or better in OASIS chart review.

5. Participates in care management and demonstrates effective and timely communication as evidenced by:

Interacts and is prepared to discuss his/ her entire case load to include patient's reason for home care and progress towards patient centered goals; follows up on Care manager and / or Interdisciplinary group recommendations.

Effective use of email and voice mail.

6. Demonstrates timely documentation as evidenced by:

Notes containing OASIS data are available for review/ coding, etc within 24 hours of visit; re-visit notes locked for processing within 24 hours of visit and timely discharges and transfers.

Completion of HHA supervisions when indicated.

Provides mandated federal and state notices to patients to include, but not limited to, NYS Provision of Care, Home Health Beneficiary notice and Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage.
Maintains and collaborates with other rehabilitation therapists caring for the same patient to ensure timely documentation and assessment of patient progress towards goals as mandated by CMS.