Speech Language Pathologist
Listed compensation
$38.38-$60.74/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you’re looking for a job to love, apply today.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Job Highlights
- Full time position, working 40 hours per week, with benefits.
- Monday through Friday schedule.
- Travel required between Hillsboro and Friendship, with mileage reimbursed.
- Competitive hourly pay range of $38.38 to $60.74, based on years of experience.
- Work with patients across evaluation, treatment, education, and care coordination.
About This Role
Join Emplify Health by Gundersen as a Speech Language Pathologist and help patients improve communication, swallowing, and overall function. In this role, you will work with patients and families across Hillsboro and Friendship, providing individualized evaluation, treatment, and education. Your work supports our mission of empathy amplified by helping people reach their goals with compassion, collaboration, and expert care.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients based on individual learning needs and functional goals.
- Provide education and intervention using task analysis to support optimal patient care.
- Collaborate with a variety of professionals and communicate the value of speech therapy services.
- Complete documentation according to departmental standards to support patient care and reimbursement.
- Meet standards of practice according to federal, state, and professional association guidelines.
What You Will Need
Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology. required.
- No experience required.
- Speech Language Pathology license for the state of Wisconsin, required.
- ASHA Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology required within 18 months of hire after 1 year fellowship.
- Current Infant-Adult Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers certification required.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and patient education skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
What We Offer
- Full time position with benefits.
- Competitive hourly compensation based on experience.
- Monday through Friday schedule.
- Travel reimbursement for work between Hillsboro and Friendship.
Full Benefits Package for Eligible Roles, Including
Growth and development support, including continuing education, tuition assistance, internal training, leadership development, career coaching, and access to a Career Development Center.
Health and wellbeing benefits, including medical, dental, prescription coverage, HSA contributions, FSAs, wellness incentives, and an employee assistance program.
Life balance benefits, including PTO starting day one, paid holidays, flexible scheduling, credit union membership, and select discounts.
Financial future benefits, including a 401(k) with immediate vesting, employer matching, and an annual base contribution.
Income protection benefits, including employer-paid life insurance, disability coverage, and optional supplemental protections
Our Culture & Values
At Emplify Health by Gundersen, we live our mission of empathy amplified through belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork, and humility. As a Speech Language Pathologist, you help patients improve communication, swallowing, and quality of life while working closely with families and care teams.
Our organization includes more than 10,000 caregivers across seven hospitals and 65 clinics, all working together to close health disparities and strengthen healthy communities. In Hillsboro and Friendship, you will be part of rural communities where your work has a direct and meaningful impact.
- Let's connect!
- Megan Wopat, Manager of Human Resources mjwopat@emplifyhealth.org | (608) 489-8106
If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact the recruiter listed below:
Primary Recruiter
Megan Wopat
Recruiter Email Address
MJWopat@emplifyhealth.org
We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and a Wisconsin state license. Additionally, they are required to obtain ASHA Certification of Clinical Competence and hold a current Infant-Adult Basic Life Support certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist at Gundersen Health System a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,763 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context
Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 38% have no call, 63% 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 Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$103k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $110k in an average-cost state. 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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