Speech Therapist - Home Health

The role

The Speech-Language Pathologist delivers skilled SLP care in the home. You will complete evaluations, treat communication and swallowing disorders, and manage patient plans of care.

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
• Communicate changes in condition and align on orders with the multidisciplinary team
• Coach patients and caregivers with practical strategies and routines
• Document promptly and thoroughly

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
• 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 mode to improve patient access to home health care.