Speech Language Pathologist - Acute Care
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Job Description
Company Description
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world.
We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail.
With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations.
Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.
Job Description
- Job Title
- Speech Language Pathologist - Acute Care
About the Department
Join the Henry Ford Medical Group, one of Michigan's largest physician organizations, dedicated to delivering coordinated care across primary and specialty practices. Our team thrives on collaborative teamwork, access to leading clinical resources, and the opportunity to build lasting relationships with patients and communities. As part of Henry Ford Health, you'll contribute to a legacy of excellence in healthcare, making a meaningful impact every day.
Role Overview
As a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), you will provide essential clinical services to individuals with adult and pediatric speech, language, cognitive, voice, and swallowing disorders. Your role includes diagnosis, evaluation, therapy, treatment, and follow-up, ensuring comprehensive care for our patients. You will also supervise clinical fellows, fostering the next generation of SLP professionals.
Why Henry Ford Health
At Henry Ford Health, we are relentless advocates for exceptional care for our patients, communities, and each other. We come to do meaningful work and grow our careers, and we stay for the connection, support, and shared pride in making the impossible, possible.
What You Will Do
- Provide clinical services to individuals with speech, language, cognitive, voice, and swallowing disorders.
- Conduct diagnoses, evaluations, therapy, treatment, and follow-up care.
- Supervise clinical fellows in Speech-Language Pathology.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive patient care.
Qualifications
What You Will Need
Required Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited graduate program.
- Successful completion of the National Praxis Examination.
- Successful completion of the Clinical Fellowship year.
- One year of experience in a clinical setting.
- State of Michigan license.
- Certificate of Clinical Competence by ASHA.
What We Offer
Join a team where career growth, collaboration, and mission-driven work are at the forefront. You¿ll have access to learning opportunities that empower you to excel in your role and make a lasting impact on patient care.
Join Our Team
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Job Type: Full Time
Key Responsibilities
The Speech-Language Pathologist will provide clinical services including diagnosis, evaluation, and therapy for patients with speech, language, cognitive, voice, and swallowing disorders. Additionally, the role involves supervising clinical fellows and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive patient care.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context
Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 46% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- On-site
Living in Detroit
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $80k
- Typical market rent
- $1,341/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 25 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 100.3
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.