Speech/Language Pathologist, Home Health: PT

Position Highlights:

• Retention Bonus: $5,000! 
• Location: Sandusky
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career. 
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values:  Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What you will do:

• Treats individuals with a variety of communication disorders to assist in reaching their maximum level of functioning.
• Provides direct service to home health patients including speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing deficits by means of recognized assessment and treatment procedures, and assists them in reaching their maximum level of functioning specific to needs present in home environment.
• Instructs patient and/or family in home treatment program and assists them in adjustment to their communication disability.
• Maintains adequate patient records.
• Participates in patient care conferences as required. Participates in conferences with the Home Health team, as needed.
• Maintains close working relationship with the health care teams in both assessment and treatment activities.
• Displays positive patient/family/staff relations in performance of duties.
• Determines priority in workload per job description and pre-established performance goals; ensures that assignments are completed by required deadline.
• Demonstrates commitment to professional growth through pursuit of continuing education activities and/ or professional development in order to provide optimal service to clients.
• Regularly demonstrates the ability to serve adult patients in the routine performance of duties within the scope of practice.

What you will need:

• Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Certificate of Clinical Competence, licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Ohio.
• One year experience in a medical setting preferred.
• Ability to understand and communicate effectively in both written and oral form.
• Must possess a valid State of Ohio motor vehicle operator's license and be insurable under Firelands' auto policy. Employee must provide proof of personal automobile liability insurance coverage upon request.
• Punctual attendance at assigned work location is required.
• Ability to work in a safe and efficient manner and maintain an accident-free work place, including ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of medical center emergency codes.
• Ability to comply with OSHA regulations and CDC standard and transmission-based precaution recommendations and to utilize proper personal protective equipment. Ability to comply with provisions of applicable S.D.S. forms.
• Successful completion of a one hundred eighty (180) day probationary period.