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Springfield, Missouri

IP Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist - PRN

Speech-Language PathologistPer Diem

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

Treatment planningPatient educationCollaboration

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.

What does the Pediatrics market look like in Missouri?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPediatrics median $104k (middle half $90k–$114k)88 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pediatrics listings in Missouri7 active620 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 10% remote · 68% no call · 46% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri Speech-Language Pathologist listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 11% offer loan repayment177 active listings, Nov 2026
New Pediatrics listings1,226 in the last 30 days760 the 30 days before (+61%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pediatrics pay trend+2.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

35 jobs · 34 employers
9
<$110k
10
$110k-130k
11
$130k-150k
5
$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

33 jobs
401k / retirement match
73% this job
CME allowance
42%
Sign-on bonus
36%
Loan repayment
24%
Relocation assistance
15%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech and Language PathologistContract

Enspire Consulting Group · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$70-$80/hr
#2

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP

Kalesta Healthcare Group · Sacramento, California

$72-$80/hr
#3

Pediatric Outpatient Speech Pathologist

$49.36-$78.25/hr
#4

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP

$65-$75/hr
+ 39 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Pediatrics (Speech-Language Pathology) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 617 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About CoxHealth

Hospitals and Health Care
Springfield, MO
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Vision, Dental
Retirement with Employer Match
20+ hrs/week benefits eligibility

Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$235k
Typical market rent
$1,192/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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