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Best Home Health Providers
Bay Area, California

Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$150/visit

The week · per this posting

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

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Job Description

At Best Home Health Providers Inc., we've gone from treating 10 patients to thousands of patients all throughout the Bay Area and beyond in just 6 years. We've won awards for our high-quality care with patients and continue to grow rapidly. At Best, you and the patients aren't a number.

Our mission is to ensure a smooth transition for patients returning home from medical facilities by offering expert guidance throughout their recovery journey. As a Speech Language Pathologist with Best Home Health Providers, you will be working directly with patients and their families in their homes to improve communication, function, and quality of life. You'll collaborate with a supportive clinical team dedicated to delivering excellent, coordinated care.

We value teamwork, empathy, and a commitment to high-quality service, all aimed at putting patients and their families at ease during their recovery. If you are passionate about making a positive impact in patients' lives and working in a supportive and family-oriented atmosphere, we encourage you to join us in providing exceptional home health care.

Please note that this role is per diem with a rate of $150 per visit.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate patients and develop individualized care plans to address speech and language deficits.
  • Deliver speech therapy using specialized techniques and equipment, and recommend communication devices when needed.
  • Partner with referring physicians and the care team to ensure integrated, patient-centered treatment.
  • Educate patients, families, and caregivers on treatment plans and goals.
  • Participate in case conferences and care coordination meetings.
  • Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation per organization policy.
  • Stay current in speech-language pathology practice and theory.
  • Perform other duties as required for patient services.
  • Master's or doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Active Californian SLP license.
  • Minimum 1 year of clinical SLP experience.
  • Current CPR certification with AHA.
  • Valid driver's license and insured, reliable vehicle.
  • Strong communication and organizational skills.
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Ability to Convert to Full-Time Based On Performance If Interested
  • Paid Sick Days
  • Paid Bereavement Leave
  • Skills Training & Development
  • Company Social Events
  • Mileage Reimbursement for Patient to Patient Visits
  • Referral Bonus

Requirements

Requires a Master's or doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology and an active California SLP license. Candidates must have at least one year of clinical experience, current CPR certification, and a valid driver's license with a reliable vehicle.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Care PlanningPatient EducationCase CoordinationPatient AssessmentInterdisciplinary Collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist at Best Home Health Providers a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,763 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include flexible scheduling.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Best Home Health Providers holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 81/100, 23 active listings.

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 48% have no call, 46% 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 26 employers

401k / retirement match
79%
CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
3%
Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 7.1
Among the best 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings for work-life

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

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Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedule
Paid Sick Days
Paid Bereavement Leave
Skills Training & Development
Company Social Events
Mileage Reimbursement
Referral Bonus