Home Health Speech Therapist- East Valley
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Job Description
Job DetailsJob Location: Apache Healthcare Services - Mesa, AZ 85203Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) – Home Health Flexible Schedule | Full-Time | Part-Time | PRN Immediate Opening: Home Health Speech Therapist (SLP) The Company: Sunrise Home Health At Sunrise Home Health, we believe healthcare should revolve around the patient.
Our mission is to help patients live their best life possible by providing trusted, compassionate, and patient-centered care in the comfort of their homes. We partner with physicians, hospitals, and healthcare professionals to deliver personalized care plans that improve physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Sunrise provides skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work, wound care, and home health aide services throughout Arizona. Position Summary Sunrise Home Health is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our growing team.
The Speech Therapist is responsible for evaluating and treating patients with speech, language, cognitive, communication, and swallowing disorders in the home setting.
This role focuses on improving patients’ independence, safety, and overall quality of life through individualized treatment plans and collaborative care. Essential
Responsibilities
Evaluate patients to identify speech, language, cognitive, communication, and swallowing deficits. Develop individualized treatment plans based on physician orders and patient goals. Provide therapeutic interventions to improve communication abilities, cognitive functioning, and swallowing safety.
Educate patients, families, and caregivers on treatment strategies and home exercise programs. Collaborate with physicians, nurses, therapists, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team. Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with Medicare and agency guidelines.
Participate in care conferences and contribute to patient care planning. Ensure compliance with all agency policies, state regulations, and professional standards.
Qualifications
Key Responsibilities
Evaluate and treat patients with speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders within a home health setting. Develop individualized treatment plans and collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team to improve patient independence and safety.
Requirements
Requires a dedicated Speech-Language Pathologist capable of providing therapeutic interventions and educating caregivers. Must be able to maintain accurate clinical documentation in accordance with Medicare and agency guidelines.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Home Health Speech Therapist- East Valley at Sunrise Home Health a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,775 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc.
Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context
Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 46% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Mesa
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $417k
- Typical market rent
- $1,538/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 25 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 103.3
- State income tax
- Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.