Speech Therapist

MissionHires is looking for a compassionate Speech Therapist on behalf of a nonprofit home and community healthcare organization. This role delivers in-home speech and language therapy services, including assessment, treatment, education, care coordination, and discharge planning, to help clients improve or restore communication, feeding, oral-motor, and related functional skills.

• Provide speech and language therapy services in clients’ homes and community settings in accordance with physician orders, organizational policies, and professional standards.
• Conduct screenings, evaluations, direct treatment, consultations, and instruction for clients and families.
• Assess receptive and expressive language, feeding skills, written language and computation, articulation and phonological development, and oral-motor skills.
• Develop, implement, coordinate, and revise individualized plans of care with measurable outcomes, treatment goals, and discharge plans.
• Continuously assess client needs, evaluate treatment effectiveness, and document interventions, progress, and outcomes accurately and on time.
• Educate clients and families on self-care, therapy procedures, treatment goals, and strategies that support independent living.
• Collaborate with clients, families, physicians, case managers, payers, and interdisciplinary care team members to coordinate services and treatment-plan changes.
• Participate in team meetings, case conferences, and solution-oriented care planning.
• Maintain compliance with home health regulations, confidentiality requirements, infection-control practices, safety procedures, and reimbursement documentation standards.
• Manage visit schedules efficiently, meet productivity expectations, prioritize urgent client needs, and communicate significant changes in client condition to appropriate stakeholders.
• Maintain professional licensure and clinical competency through required education, in-service programs, and ongoing development.

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral degree in Speech and Language Therapy or Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited institution.

• Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology.

• Current Speech-Language Pathologist license in the State of Maine.

• Current CPR certification, with renewal required every two years.

• At least one year of clinical speech therapy experience preferred.

• Home health experience preferred.

• Knowledge of standards of practice established by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

• Ability to assess, treat, document, and coordinate care for clients with speech, language, feeding, and oral-motor needs.

• Understanding of Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, private insurance, and other third-party reimbursement requirements.

• Strong clinical judgment, case-management, communication, collaboration, organization, and time-management skills.

• Reliable automobile, current Maine driver’s license, and proof of automobile insurance.

• Ability to work safely in varied patient home environments, including environments with potential exposure to infectious diseases.

• Independent malpractice insurance is strongly advised.

• Excellent health insurance.

• PTO (4-weeks), 6 holidays.

• Relocation assistance.

• Collaborative interdisciplinary team environment.

• Team-based preceptor model and organizational/program orientation for the first six months.

• Ongoing in-service education and support for professional development.

• Opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven nonprofit healthcare organization recognized as a Best Place to Work in Maine.

• Potential full-time, part-time, or per-diem scheduling based on organizational and client needs.