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Baptist Health Care
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Speech Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistFull-time

Compensation

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

The Speech Pathologist evaluates, plans, and administers medically prescribed speech and language therapy treatment to clients. The Speech Pathologist diagnoses and treats speech, language, voice and swallowing disorders.

This position implements care plan through the use of evidenced based modalities and skilled interventions to increase patients' ability to achieve mutually established functional goals.

This position coordinates clinical test results with other diagnostic data, provides prognosis, develops treatment plan, and provides patient and family education.

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.

Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law.

Key Responsibilities

The Speech Pathologist evaluates, plans, and administers medically prescribed speech and language therapy treatment, diagnosing and treating speech, language, voice, and swallowing disorders. This role involves implementing care plans using evidence-based modalities, coordinating test results, providing prognosis, developing treatment plans, and educating patients and families.

Requirements

A Master's Degree in Communication Science & Disorder, Speech and Hearing, or Speech and Language is required for this position. Candidates must also possess a Florida State Speech Pathologist License (or Provisional License) and current BLS for Healthcare Providers certification upon hire.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

People SkillsOrganizational SkillsWritten CommunicationDocumentation SkillsMotivating OthersDetail-OrientedCustomer-Focused

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Pathologist at Baptist Health Care a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,763 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, 6% are remote, 46% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

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Salary Distribution32 jobs · 28 employers

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<$100k
7
$100k-120k
4
$120k-140k
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$140k-160k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
84%
CME allowance
62%
Loan repayment
14%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Relocation assistance
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Speech Language Pathology listings

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

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About Baptist Health Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Pensacola, FL
1,001-5,000 employees