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Huckeye Health Services
Pikeville, Kentucky

Speach Language Pathologist- Outpatient Rehab

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes callIncludes weekendsContract

Listed compensation

$70/hour

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Speach Language Pathologist- Outpatient Rehab

  • Job Title: Speech Language Pathologist – Outpatient Rehab
  • Location: Pikeville, KY
  • Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, plus every 4th weekend
  • Contract: 48 hours per week
  • License Required: Kentucky State License
  • Certification: BLS required after hire; ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence preferred

Compensation: $70.00 per hour

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Speech Language Pathologist- Outpatient Rehab to provide care to inpatient rehabilitation, acute care, and outpatient patients ranging from infant through geriatric populations. This role involves assessing and treating patients with speech, language, and oral/pharyngeal sensory-motor disorders while collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the highest level of patient care.

Key Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and treat patients with speech, language, swallowing, and sensory-motor disorders
  • Develop, implement, review, and revise individualized treatment plans
  • Provide care to inpatient and outpatient populations across all ages
  • Complete all required documentation, including evaluations, progress notes, discharge summaries, physician reports, billing, coding, and pre-authorizations

Requirements

  • Current Kentucky Speech Language Pathologist license
  • BLS certification required after hire
  • At least 1 year of travel experience
  • Must be agreeable to a 48-hour/week contract
  • Experience in IPR and acute care required

Preferred Qualifications

  • ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) preferred
  • Pediatric and adult experience preferred for outpatient rehab
  • Experience covering acute care and inpatient rehab weekends/holidays preferred

To apply, send your resume and license to: staffing@huckeyehealthcare.com [staffing@huckeyehealthcare.com]

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Speech therapyLanguage therapySwallowing disorder treatmentSensory-motor disorder treatmentOutpatient rehabilitationTreatment planningPatient evaluationPre-authorizationInterdisciplinary collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speach Language Pathologist- Outpatient Rehab at HUCKEYE HEALTH SERVICES a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,765 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 43% have no call, 60% 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 Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$146k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $161k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

24 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution24 jobs · 15 employers

14
<$95k
1
$103k
0
$115k-135k
7
$135k-155k
2
$155k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks19 jobs · 15 employers

401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
32%
Loan repayment
21%
Relocation assistance
21%
PSLF eligible
21%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Sutter Health · San Francisco, California

$142k-$199k
#2

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$135k-$189k
#3

Home Health Speech Language Pathologist, SLP - Contra Costa

Up to $140,000
#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,765 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Pikeville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$158k
Median resident rent
$862/mo
Residents’ average commute
13 min
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

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