Speech Pathologist SLP
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Job Description
Full Time Speech Pathologist
NHC HealthCare Columbia
Join our in-house therapy team that’s passionate about quality care and teamwork! At NHC Columbia, we value collaboration, recognition, and growth in a fun, family-oriented workplace.
What You’ll Do
- Provide SLP services in a skilled nursing setting
- Support patients with speech, language, cognition, and swallowing challenges
- Use evidence-based techniques for dysphagia and communication therapy
- Collaborate with a supportive rehab team
- The qualified SLP will provide speech and swallowing therapy to patients at
NHC Lewisburg and NHC Oakwood, both located a pleasant 30 minute drive from
NHC Columbia.
Requirements
- ASHA Certified SLP
- Tennessee SLP license
- Flexible, reliable, and team-oriented
- SNF and Medicare experience a plus
Benefits
- Competitive pay with wage increases
- Health, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Continuing Education & Stock Options
- Uniforms provided
Join a team where integrity, innovation, and compassion thrive.
Apply today: nhccare.com/locations/columbia/
Equal Opportunity Employer
Key Responsibilities
The Speech Pathologist will provide SLP services within a skilled nursing facility, focusing on supporting patients with challenges related to speech, language, cognition, and swallowing. This involves utilizing evidence-based techniques for dysphagia and communication therapy while collaborating closely with the supportive rehab team.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Pathologist SLP at Adams Place 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
In Tennessee, the Speech-Language Pathology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$92k (51 salary observations; 307 listings), vs ~$98k nationally (4,896 salary observations; 19,053 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 40% have no call, 58% 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 Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
- On-site
Living in Columbia
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $360k
- Typical market rent
- $1,576/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 28 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 96.3
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.