Local Contract SLP - $63 per hour

Specialty: Speech Language Pathologist | Discipline: Therapy | Start Date: 09/24/2026 | Duration: 18 weeks

About the role

The Speech Language Pathologist will primarily provide outpatient rehabilitation services in an in-home setting for the older adult population. The in-home setting could be a patient's private residence or in a patient's room in an assisted living facility or independent living facility. This position allows evaluation and treatment in the most functional environment—the patient's home—with a flexible schedule and work environment across various settings.

Responsibilities

• Supervise CFYs, temporary licensees, students, and support personnel in accordance with state licensure requirements and professional standards.
• Adhere to department and patient treatment schedules, timely clinical and billing documentation, and work-related meetings.
• Attend and contribute to patient care, staffing conferences, and other related meetings.
• Make referrals to other disciplines and agencies to address the comprehensive needs of the patient.
• Consult with rehabilitation team members and physicians to select appropriate therapeutic regimens based on patient needs and capabilities.
• Adapt programs and care plans according to individual patient needs.
• Promote a safe environment and enforce fire and safety hazard elimination.
• Order, clean, maintain, and report equipment needs and repairs.
• Prioritize patient service, ensuring residents and families receive high-quality care in a compassionate atmosphere.
• Screen, examine, and evaluate patients, including history, systems review, and application of tests and measures to establish diagnoses and care plans.
• Develop treatment goals and methods in collaboration with patients and caregivers, implement treatment plans, and complete related documentation.
• Provide therapeutic techniques in areas such as:
  • Cognitive-communication
  • Speech intelligibility
  • Oral motor skills
  • Swallowing disorders/dysphagia
  • Perceptual abilities
  • Orientation and memory
  • Pragmatics and psychosocial expression
  • Functional communication
  • Case management in home and community settings
• Coordinate the acquisition of adaptive communication devices and instruct patients in their use.
• Identify hearing deficits and refer for assessment, diagnosis, rehabilitation, or personal amplification.
• Select appropriate therapeutic activities suited to the patient’s physical and mental capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
• Instruct patients in skills and techniques for therapeutic activities and evaluate progress, attitudes, and behavior.
• Perform routine reexaminations to modify or progress the treatment plan as needed.
• Coordinate care in the home and community with interdisciplinary team members and referring physicians.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Valid Speech Language Pathologist license in the state(s) of practice or proof of license eligibility.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or eligibility to participate as an ASHA Clinical Fellow.
• Valid driver’s license or reliable, independent transportation to and from patients’ residences.

Skills

• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Schedule

• 40 hours per week, 8-hour shifts (08:00 AM – 04:30 PM).
• Minimum guarantee: 40 hours.
• Length of assignment: 19 weeks.