Fira Health
Speech Therapist (ST)
Temple. Posted 8 months ago
The role
You will complete in-home SLP evaluations and deliver skilled visits to restore communication, cognition, and swallow safety. You will manage patient plans of care and coordinate with a multidisciplinary team.
What you will do
- Own patient SLP plan, progression, and functional outcomes
- Complete comprehensive in-home SLP evaluations and deliver skilled SLP visits
- Assess and treat aphasia and other communication disorders
- Assess and treat cognitive-communication impairment
- Perform dysphagia screening, assessment and swallow safety education
- Build and execute a clear plan of care with measurable, functional goals
- Drive multidisciplinary coordination
- Coach patients and caregivers with practical strategies and routines
- Document promptly and thoroughly in Homecare Homebase (HCHB)
Required qualifications
- Active Texas SLP license (in good standing)
- Strong clinical reasoning and ability to operate independently in the field
- Comfort identifying red flags and escalating changes in condition to RN/MD
- Strong caregiver education skills (teach-back, carryover planning)
- Strong communication and documentation
- Reliable follow-through on orders, frequencies, and patient goals
- Current driver’s license
- Comfort with daily travel across assigned territory
Nice to have
- Prior home health experience
- Homecare Homebase (HCHB) experience (or similar home health EMR)
- High-signal neuro experience (stroke, aphasia, cognitive impairment)
- Dysphagia-related experience appropriate for home health
About the company
Adaptive Home Health is building a higher-acuity, patient-centered, skilled home health model across Texas. Their mission is to dramatically improve patient access to home health care.