By the Bay Health, a nonprofit formerly known as Hospice by the Bay, set the standard for hospice in the U.S. by emphasizing the role of the patient in making important medical decisions. Our spectrum of home-based services now includes Skilled Home Health Care, Palliative Care, Adult Hospice Care and Pediatric Care. Our team approach strives to address practical, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of care, with the goal to maximize quality of life for our patients, caregivers and families.

We are currently seeking a Speech Pathologist to provide therapeutic services to patients in the Sonoma area. The speech therapist will direct, supervise, evaluate, and provide speech therapy services to patients on an intermittent basis, in the home as prescribed by attending physician.

By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Evaluates patient care needs on admission and on an on-going basis
• Application of diagnostic and prognostic procedures to assess speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders
• Development of the initial plan of care/treatment and revision as needed based upon ongoing assessment.
• Treatment of patients to develop or restore function and maintain maximum communication abilities. Administration of therapeutic modalities including instruction in the use of assistive and adaptive devices that facilitate communication.
• Treatment and instruction of patients with swallowing deficits to restore function and/or adaptation to diet and revised feeding techniques.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two year's experience in a health care setting preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Current California license and/or meets the education and experience requirements for a certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech Pathology or audiology granted by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.
• Current California Driver’s License and automobile insurance that meets State of California requirements, if driving a car.

By the Bay Health is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at BTBH. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.