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BAYADA Home Health Care
Lexington, North Carolina

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP / ST - Home Health

Speech-Language PathologistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$63-$67/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, for a per diem opportunity providing home health visits to adult and geriatric patients in their homes. This position covers Lexington, Denton and parts of Winston-Salem in North Carolina.

As a home care Speech Language Pathologist / Speech Therapist, SLP / ST, you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary health care team that provides rehabilitative care and skilled nursing to clients, affording them the opportunity to receive the medical care required to remain at home.

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP Responsibilities

  • Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
  • Perform thorough evaluations to assess, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for clients who are experiencing speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties.
  • Develop a treatment plan based on the evaluation, physician’s orders, and recommended goals.

Continually assess and revise the speech therapy care plan, and participate with BAYADA clinicians in the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate.

Educate and instruct patients, family members, or other patient representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety, and independent living.

Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to patient care management and services provided, utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP Qualifications

  • A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in North Carolina.
  • Possess a certificate of clinical competence in speech from the American Speech and Hearing Association.
  • Experience working with adults and geriatrics.
  • Solid computer skills; prior experience with electronic medical records (EMR) preferred.

Our Employees Are Our Greatest Asset

  • To learn about BAYADA Benefits, click here
  • Enjoy being part of a team that cares and a company that believes in leading with our values.
  • Develop your skills with training and scholarship opportunities.
  • Advance your career with specially designed career tracks.
  • Be recognized and rewarded for your compassion, excellence, and reliability.
  • Additional information: Base pay, depending upon qualifications: $63-67 per point.
  • Apply for immediate consideration.

As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.

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BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers.

All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.

Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

Key Responsibilities

Perform home visits to evaluate, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for patients with speech, language, or swallowing difficulties. Develop and revise treatment plans while educating patients and families on health and safety.

Requirements

Must hold a current North Carolina license as a Speech Language Pathologist and a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association. Experience working with adult and geriatric populations is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningSwallowing assessmentCommunication therapyGeriatric careClinical documentationPatient education

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 55% have no call, 43% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Speech-Language Pathology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$131k–$139kSpeech-Language Pathology median $99k (middle half $86k–$100k)14 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$143k in purchasing powerNorth Carolina index 94.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Speech-Language Pathology listings in North Carolina226 active6,873 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 5% remote · 55% no call · 43% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNorth Carolina Speech-Language Pathologist listings: 14% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 9% offer loan repayment257 active listings, Nov 2026
New Speech-Language Pathology listings2,420 in the last 30 days1,428 the 30 days before (+69%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Speech-Language Pathology pay trend+4.3% 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

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

24 jobs
10
<$115k
0
$115k-125k
3
$125k-135k
9
$135k-145k
2
$146k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

26 jobs
401k / retirement match
88%
CME allowance
27%
Sign-on bonus
19%
Loan repayment
19%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech-Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow

Dragonfly Cares · Dix Hills, New York

$65-$90/hr
#2

Speech Language Pathologist

BAYADA Home Health Care · Cherry Hill, New Jersey

$60-$68/hr
#3

Speech Language Pathologist

$60-$68/hr
#4

Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) PRN

$68 per hour
+ 37 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 2.8
Better work-life than 50% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,751 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About BAYADA Home Health Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Pennsauken Township, New Jersey
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Training and scholarship opportunities
Career advancement tracks
Recognition and rewards

Living in Lexington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$275k
Typical market rent
$1,480/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.0
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Winston-Salem, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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