Speech Language Pathologist PRN

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes callPer Diem

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Florida Rehabilitation Hospital at Tampa located at Woodstork and Temple Terrace is opening February 2025. Join our team to work in a beautiful new hospital with 60 private patient rooms and 2 rehab therapy gyms with cutting-edge technology.

Position Summary

Independently evaluates, determines treatment strategies, delivers and/or delegates services that identify, prevent, remediate, and rehabilitate acute or prolonged speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders.

Pay: Rate of pay is based on years of experience and qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current State Speech/Language Pathology License
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification must be obtained from the American Heart Association and/or American Red Cross. Online certification is not acceptable.

Desired Qualifications

  • Inpatient rehabilitation experience

Knowledge, Skills and Ability Requirements

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong organizational, time management and prioritization skills.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
  • Detail-oriented, able to meet strict time frame

Join our team and you will experience a total rewards package to support your health, life, career and retirement including:

  • A supportive and collaborative work environment
  • Opportunities to progress in function, skill, and pay.
  • A competitive wage scale.
  • A comprehensive health and wellness package including medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.

We offer a benefits package that will best suit your family’s needs. You can choose from a variety of medical coverage plans that best fit your lifestyle. You also have the option to enroll in additional perks such as 401k, life insurance, and disability plans.

The Florida Rehabilitation Hospital at Tampa is an EEO employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled

Key Responsibilities

Independently evaluate and determine treatment strategies for patients with speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders. Deliver and delegate services to prevent, remediate, and rehabilitate communication and swallowing impairments.

Requirements

Requires a current State Speech/Language Pathology License and American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification. Inpatient rehabilitation experience is desired.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningSwallowing disorder managementCognitive-communication therapySocial communication therapyVerbal communicationOrganizational skillsAnalytical skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist PRN at Florida Rehabilitation Hospital at Tam a 6.1 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.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 42% have no call, 62% 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 Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution37 jobs · 30 employers

13
<$100k
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$100k-120k
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$120k-140k
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$140k-160k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 30 employers

401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
53%
Loan repayment
19%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 6.1
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.

  • Includes call

Living in Tampa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$384k
Typical market rent
$1,957/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.9
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Florida Rehabilitation Hospital at Tam

Hospitals and Health Care
Temple Terrace, Florida
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Prescription drug coverage
401k
Life insurance
Disability plans