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Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Speech Language Therapist (SLP) - Inpatient

CounselorIncludes weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$39.15-$66.64/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations and time off.

Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Location Address

1100 Central Ave SE Albuquerque, NM 87106-4930

Compensation Pay Range

Minimum Offer $39.15 Maximum Offer $66.64

Summary

  • Join our Downtown Rehabilitation team as a Speech Language Therapist!
  • How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.
  • Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
  • Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
  • Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
  • Malpractice liability insurance
  • Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
  • EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full time FTE: 1.00 Job Exempt: No Work Shift: Days (United States of America)

Responsibilities

Sign on and relocation benefits available to qualified candidates!

Presbyterian is seeking a Speech Language Therapist who will evaluate patients regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic interventions for rehabilitation of speech, language, hearing, and dysphagia disorders

Additional Job Duties

Evaluates and treats patients regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic interventions for rehabilitation of speech, language, communication, cognition, hearing and dysphasia disorders.

Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of patients served

Oversees and insures a comprehensive rehabilitation program designed to meet the physical, psychosocial, cognitive and immediate environmental well-being of the patient.

Promotes patient/caregiver self-determination by optimizing outside resource utilization to achieve the highest level of independence.

Coordinates and communicates with various disciplines or services involved in patient care.

Coordinates efforts toward discharge goals established at initial evaluation and during episode of care.

Is a patient advocate.

Other duties as assigned.

Requires detailed knowledge of speech and language pathology in terms of what and how work is to be done as well as why it is done, this level includes interpretation of data

Basic understanding of the rules and regulations of the specific setting

Qualifications

  • Masters degree in Speech and Language Pathology
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence
  • New Mexico Licensure in SLP
  • Speech Language Pathologist
  • BLS Required at time of Hire
  • New Graduates encouraged to apply
  • We're all about well-being, starting with yours.

Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

Compensation Disclaimer

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

We're Determined to Support New Mexico's Well-Being | Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Speech language pathologyDysphagia treatmentPatient evaluationRehabilitation planningCognitive therapyCommunication disordersHearing disordersEPIC chartingPatient advocacyCare coordinationClinical documentationGrowth and development assessment

Counselor Career Context

Of the 40 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 45% have no call, 65% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New Mexico is 92.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$53k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $57k in an average-cost state. 61.4% of New Mexico clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$39k–$66kMental Health Therapy median $107k (middle half $96k–$120k)359 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$57k in purchasing powerNew Mexico index 92.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in New Mexico68 active7,907 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 10% remote · 45% no call · 65% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Loan repayment
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,851 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • On-site
  • Includes weekends
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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Albuquerque, NM
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Educational and career development options
Tuition and certification reimbursement
Scholarship opportunities
Staff Safety wearable badge
Differentials for night/weekend shifts
Malpractice liability insurance
Loan forgiveness through New Mexico Higher Education Department
EPIC electronic charting system

Living in Albuquerque

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$340k
Typical market rent
$1,455/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.5
State income tax
Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Albuquerque, NM metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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