Speech Therapist

Home Health Speech Therapist

Colorado Visiting Nurse Association has an immediate opening for a Home Health Speech Therapist in the Denver Metro Area. This full-time position requires a schedule of Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, with weekend and holiday requirements.

Job Description

• Responsible for performing professional and administrative work in directing a program involving diagnostic, rehabilitative, and research service in the treatment of speech, language, and voice disorders.
• Provides initial and ongoing assessments to determine level of function, including OASIS assessments at appropriate time points.
• Assesses and treats speech disorders, linguistic disorders, communication disorders, developmental delay, voice disorders, oral-motor functioning, auditory and visual perception, and cognition.
• Procedures which may be required of the speech therapist include but are not limited to any combination of the following: receptive and expressive language, aural rehabilitation, oral motor function training, feeding therapy, speech/language stimulation, and teaching of articulation, respiration, and swallowing.
• Advises and consults with the family, physician, and other agency personnel, including discharge planning.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: Master's degree in Speech and Language Pathology from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum Experience: One year of experience in speech and language pathology.
• Required License: An active Colorado ST license. Current CPR certification based on individual affiliate requirements. Valid Colorado driver's license and proof of automobile insurance in accordance with state statute.
• Ability to lift/push/pull a minimum of 35 lbs.

Benefits

• We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and know it matters for our team members and our patients. We provide welcoming, supportive, and inclusive care to our patients and a work environment where all team members feel respected and valued.
• We support a culture of work-life balance and provide team members with two free, confidential, and robust benefit programs designed to provide solutions to the logistical and financial problems that arise in life.
• Low healthcare premiums: we have not increased our team member medical rates 4 out of the last 5 years.
• Employer pays over 90% of employee medical premium in some plans.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with significant Employer Funding: Single $1,000, Family $2,000.
• Healthcare benefits are effective on the 1st of the month following the date of hire.
• Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation Pay/Sick Leave) and EIB (Extended Illness Bank): 18 days in the first year for full-time team members.
• Seven Paid Holidays with an additional Floating Holiday.
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match: 50% match up to 8% of total compensation.
• Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance.
• Career & Logo wear.
• Education Reimbursement Program.
• Clinical Career Ladders.
• Certification Pay.
• Generous Discover-a-Star Team Member Referral Program.
• Team Member Service Awards.
• Early Wage Access.
• Legal and Identity Protection.
• Robust Leadership Development Training Programs.

Community Overview

Colorado Visiting Nurse Association is affiliated with Care Synergy, a nonprofit network of community-based hospice and palliative care organizations serving Colorado's Front Range and the Region's Largest Home Health, Hospice, and Palliative Care Network. Care Synergy provides mission support services to better equip Colorado Visiting Nurse Association to operate as a distinct and independent organization while working together to share best practices and serve more Coloradans along the Front Range.