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Garden City Hospital
Garden City, Michigan

Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Bonus Amount

10,000

Bonus Information

Sign-On Bonus Available for Qualified Candidates. Eligibility and payout terms apply. Details discussed during the interview process.

Overview

  • Speech-Language Pathologist - Full Time Days
  • Department: Speech PathologySchedule: Full-Time, Days

The Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) evaluates, diagnoses, and treats patients with speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders.

Working collaboratively with physicians and interdisciplinary care teams, this role develops and implements individualized treatment plans to improve communication, cognition, swallowing function, and overall quality of life.

The Speech-Language Pathologist also supports program development and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance rehabilitation services and patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients with speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders.
  • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans based on physician orders and clinical assessments.
  • Provide evidence-based therapy to improve communication, cognitive functioning, and swallowing abilities.
  • Perform clinical swallowing evaluations and recommend appropriate interventions, diets, and treatment strategies.
  • Educate patients, families, and caregivers regarding treatment plans, progress, and home exercise programs.
  • Monitor patient progress and modify treatment plans to achieve optimal outcomes.

Collaborate with physicians, nurses, therapists, case managers, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate care.

Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with hospital, regulatory, and professional standards.

Participate in department initiatives, program development, quality improvement activities, and ongoing professional education.

Qualifications

Required

  • Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited college or university.
  • Active state Speech-Language Pathology license in good standing.
  • Current Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) through ASHA, or eligibility as a Speech-Language Pathology Clinical Fellow (SLP-CF) with appropriate supervision.
  • Minimum one (1) year of hospital-based Speech-Language Pathology experience.
  • Current BLS certification for Healthcare Providers upon hire and maintained throughout employment.
  • Strong knowledge of speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders across diverse patient populations.
  • Excellent communication, patient education, and clinical documentation skills.

Preferred

  • Experience working in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, or hospital-based rehabilitation settings.
  • Experience with bedside swallow evaluations and dysphagia management.
  • Familiarity with interdisciplinary rehabilitation and discharge planning processes.

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Garden City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

At Garden City Hospital, we pride ourselves on community involvement and commitment to preserving access to quality and compassionate healthcare.

We are a state-of-the-art medical facility with over 300 licensed beds and a teaching hospital, offering medical education to students, residents and fellows from across the country. The residency and fellowship programs offer graduate medical education to more than 80 trainees in specialties.

Garden City Hospital has an award-winning staff of over 350 of the area's best and brightest physicians from almost every specialty. Learn more at gch.org.

Employment Status: Full Time

Shift: Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationSpeech And Language TherapyCognitive-Communication TherapySwallowing EvaluationIndividualized Treatment PlanningPatient And Caregiver EducationInterdisciplinary Care CoordinationProgress Monitoring

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 48% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

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Salary Distribution34 jobs · 30 employers

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<$100k
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$100k-120k
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$120k-140k
11
$140k-160k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs · 30 employers

401k / retirement match
84%
CME allowance
57%
Sign-on bonus
14% this job
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Garden

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$215k
Typical market rent
$1,677/mo
Residents’ average commute
73 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Garden City Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Garden City, MI
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus Available ($10,000)
Full-Time Days
Health Insurance
Award-Winning Team
Teaching Hospital Environment