IP Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist - PRN
Compensation
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Job Description
Facility
CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807
Department: 1048 SLC-CH Pediatrics
Scheduled Weekly Hours
0
Hours: Varied
Work Shift
Rotating (United States of America)
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
- Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
- Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
- Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
- Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
- For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
Job Description
Job Summary
- Speech-Language Pathologists provide skilled speech and swallow therapy services to patients including all aspects of evaluation and treatment.
- Job Requirements
Education
Required: Master’s Degree in Speech Pathology/Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Experience
Preferred: One year or more experience in a pediatric developmental, neonatal intensive care, or pediatric intensive care setting.
Responsibilities
Establishes treatment plan and provides treatment, considering discharge needs; expected discharge functional status; and appropriate equipment and supplies.
Educates, collaborates with, and conferences with patients, families, and other health care providers; making recommendations for referrals to specialists as needed.
Delegates to assistants, techs, and students through written and verbal communication including determining the skill level or competency required to provide interventions to best meet the needs of the patient.
- Completes documentation in accordance with departmental policies.
- Provides assessment, reassessment, and/or consultations for Speech Services.
Skills
- Good clinical expertise, human relations skills, and organizational skills required.
- Self-motivated individual who can work independently with little direct supervision required
- Has demonstrated interest in professional growth by attendance at continuing education workshops, and applications of new principles and/or techniques
- Must have good communication skills and a positive attitude
Licensure/Certification/Registration
Required
- License of Speech Therapy active in the state of Missouri
- Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology
- BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master’s degree in Speech Pathology or Communicative Disorders and Sciences and possess an active Missouri Speech Therapy license. A Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology and BLS certification are also required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Pediatrics — Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 68% have no call, 46% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Pediatrics median $104k (middle half $90k–$114k)88 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Missouri index 90.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Pediatrics listings in Missouri | 7 active | 620 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 10% remote · 68% no call · 46% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Missouri Speech-Language Pathologist listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 11% offer loan repayment177 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Pediatrics listings | 1,226 in the last 30 days | 760 the 30 days before (+61%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Pediatrics pay trend | +2.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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