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Middlesboro, Kentucky

Speech Language Pathologist SLP PRN

Speech-Language PathologistNo weekendsPer Diem

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • Schedule PRN
  • Flexible schedule: Weekdays!
  • Make a Meaningful Impact—One Home at a Time!

Are you a passionate Speech Therapist ready to bring life-changing care directly to patients in the comfort of their homes? Join our dedicated home health team and help adults overcome speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing challenges. From aural rehabilitation to innovative AAC solutions, your expertise will empower individuals to communicate more clearly and live more fully.

  • Join Us Today!
  • Attractive pay
  • 48.00 to 56.00

Responsibilities

Responsible for working to prevent, assess, diagnose and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive communication and swallowing disorders in adults.

Provides aural rehabilitation for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and provides augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for individuals with severe expressive and/or language comprehension disorders.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Current, unencumbered license to practice speech pathology specific to that state you are assigned to work.

Current Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)* with completed graduate course work and a clinical practicum at a college or university whose program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).

  • Current CPR certification.
  • Preferred
  • One (1+) year of experience in speech pathology.

*Note: If the SLP - CCC certification has not been obtained the candidate must be put into the SLP Clinical Fellow (100910) job. Clinical Fellowship (CFY) is the transition between student and independent which involves an SLP supervisor, hour requirements and mentoring.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Speech therapyCognitive-communication therapySwallowing disorder treatmentPatient assessmentDiagnosisClinical documentation

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 46% 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)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution33 jobs · 28 employers

11
<$100k
7
$100k-120k
4
$120k-140k
10
$140k-160k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
61%
Loan repayment
14%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Acute Care Speech Language Pathologist - CPMC Van Ness Campus

Sutter Health · San Francisco, California

$65.01-$91.01/hr
#2

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) On-CallPer Diem

Links Healthcare · Carmichael, California

$65-$70/hr
#3

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) – Home Health

starting at $65/hr
#4

1Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) – Home Health

starting at $65/hr
+ 38 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 5.7
Better work-life than 70% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Middlesboro

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$154k
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026).

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