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Shriners Children's
Erie, Pennsylvania

Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$73K - $109K

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact.

We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.

Job Description

The Speech-Language Pathologist at Shriners Hospitals for Children provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services to pediatric patients with communication, feeding, and swallowing disorders, contributing to their overall rehabilitation and quality of life.

Key Responsibilities

Upon receiving a licensed independent practitioner referral, implements a systematic patient examination and evaluation utilizing a comprehensive, patient and family-centered approach to decision making incorporating national standards and the AMA CPT codes.

SLP will design, develop and implement individualized treatment plans to address presenting symptoms or concerns of a communication and/or swallowing problem or related functional issue to optimize function.

Makes appropriate discharge plans by collaborating with patients, their families, care management, and community resources such This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned. as schools/outside therapy clinics, and actively participating in multidisciplinary meetings.

Supports risk management and compliance initiatives through accurate thorough documentation.

Required Qualifications

  • Masters degree in Speech Pathology
  • Licensed in state of practice
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC's)

Preferred Qualifications

1 year experience in a pediatric setting

Bilingual English/Spanish

The pay range for this position is $35.01 - $52.52. Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Speech Pathology and possess a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC's). Additionally, they must be licensed in the state of practice, with one year of pediatric experience preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Speech-language pathologyPediatric careDiagnostic servicesCommunication disordersFeeding disordersPatient evaluationTreatment planningMultidisciplinary collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist at Shriners Children's a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% of all speech-language pathologist listings evaluated on our platform.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathologist listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 80% have no call, 85% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathologist pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$44k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $45k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks11 jobs

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
9%
PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

6.6/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Erie

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$206k≈ 5.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,103/mo≈ 38% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.0
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Erie, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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