Role and Responsibilities

Direct, supervise, evaluate and provide speech therapy services to patients in the home, as prescribed by the attending physician.

Essential Functions

• Evaluate the patients speech, language and voice, and swallowing abilities according to referral and perform periodic reevaluation.

• Develop and implement rehabilitative services for speech, language and voice, and swallowing disorders.

• Select and administer diagnostic tests and provide appropriate therapeutic techniques and materials.

• Record the type of treatment and patients reaction to it on the clinical/progress notes.

• Maintain adequate records on all of the patients, including summary reports.

• Instruct and educate family members and patient, regarding treatment plan and therapy carry-over.

• Attend case conferences.

• Participate in the development of and periodic revision of the physicians plan of care.

• Other duties as assigned.

This job description reflects managements assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.