Fira Health

Speech Therapist (ST)

Waco. Posted 2 months ago

The role

Speech-Language Pathologist for home health. You will complete in-home evaluations, deliver skilled visits, and manage patient plans of care to restore communication, cognition, and swallow safety.

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

Benefits

  • Operations that back you up
  • Clear productivity model with upside
  • Schedule flexibility
  • Cutting-edge tech built for clinicians

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.