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BAYADA Home Health Care
Joplin, Missouri

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), Part Time, Home Health

Speech-Language PathologistNo callPart-Time

Listed compensation

$53.08-$63.54/hr

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Job Description

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

Reduce stress and burnout! Provide clinical care where patients want to be – in the comfort of their own home.

  • Why you’ll love what you do at Integrity Home Care + Hospice:
  • Experience true work/life balance with flexible full-time, part-time, and per diem schedules
  • Perform 1:1 direct care in client homes
  • Hands-on training supplemented with virtual learning
  • 24/7 clinical support as part of a larger interdisciplinary care team
  • Advance your career with clinical and business leadership tracks

We are recruiting for a compassionate Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to perform home health visits in the following counties: Barton, Cedar, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon. This is a Part Time position.

What You’ll Do

Visit a variety of clients in their own home, helping them recover from an injury, illness, surgery, or hospitalization.

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.

What You Should Have

Active and current SLP license

One Year of Clinical Experience Preferred

Previous home health care experience welcomed, but not required. We will train you!

Ability to travel locally to cases as assigned

Additional Information

Base Pay, depending upon qualifications and subject to negotiation: $53.08 - $63.54 Per Point

Benefits May Include

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • Paid time off
  • Weekly pay and direct deposit
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Continued education, training, and tuition reimbursement

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

BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration and how you can join in here.

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

The Speech Language Pathologist will perform home health visits to evaluate, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for patients with speech, language, or swallowing difficulties. They will also develop and revise treatment plans while educating patients and their families to promote health and independent living.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an active and current SLP license. While one year of clinical experience is preferred, the company provides training for those without previous home health experience.

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningCommunication disordersSwallowing disordersInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient education

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), Part Time, Home Health at BAYADA Home Health Care 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 6,871 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 33% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$121k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $134k in an average-cost state. 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution31 jobs · 26 employers

9
<$120k
4
$120k-135k
13
$135k-150k
5
$150k-165k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 26 employers

401k / retirement match
89% this job
CME allowance
60%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Loan repayment
6%
Relocation assistance
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#3

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,871 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in Joplin

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$206k
Typical market rent
$1,237/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About BAYADA Home Health Care

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

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
Mileage reimbursement
Paid time off
Weekly pay and direct deposit
401(k) with company match
Continued education, training, and tuition reimbursement