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Palm Bay, Florida

Speech Therapist - Health First (Various Locations)

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes callPer Diem

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Job Requirements

Sign On Bonus and Relocation Assistance may be available!

Various Locations and Schedules Available

  • Inpatient and Outpatient Locations
  • Full Time, Part Time and Per Diem
  • Now hiring Palm Bay Hospital- Palm Bay, Florida
  • Holmes Regional Medical Center- Melbourne, Florida
  • Cape Canaveral- Cocoa, Florida
  • Viera Hospital- Viera, Florida

Position Summary

To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: providing exceptional healthcare in a professional manner.

Primary Accountabilities

  • Quality/No Harm:
  • Maintains patient safety at all times.
  • Ensures compliance with precautions and documents all current precautions and changes in status.

Evaluates patients thoroughly and documents evaluations according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Completes progress notes and reassessments when required and documents them according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Provides patients with effective treatments that progress them towards their goals and documents treatments according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.

Attends department meetings that take place during scheduled work hours; otherwise, reviews and signs meeting minutes. Attends in-services given by other staff and students that take place during scheduled work hours.

Customer Experience

  • Responds to therapy referrals and inquiries upon receipt.
  • Reviews daily assignments/schedules with the team.

Provides patients, families and staff with education regarding therapy services related to the patients' needs.

Stewardship

Demonstrates financial responsibility by meeting patient scheduling requirements, ensuring productivity targets are met, and utilizing their time, supplies and support staff responsibly.

  • Prepares/reviews schedule for the next day.
  • Issues charges that correspond to the services provided and the documented treatment times.

Work Experience

Qualifications Required

  • Completion of a discipline appropriate degree from an accredited program/college.
  • Current Florida license.
  • Must have Certificate of Clinical Competence or obtain within 6 months of completion of Clinical Fellowship Year.
  • Interpersonal communications skills.
  • Basic computer skills or willingness to learn.
  • Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.

Physical Demands

  • Knowledge and use of proper lifting and body mechanics
  • Must be able to assist in lifting, standing, supporting patients.
  • Able to bend and stoop as pt care requires.

Mental Demands

  • Problem-solving ability
  • Decision-making skills
  • Able to interact with all people
  • Able to concentrate under multiple demands/time constraints
  • Able to concentrate in stressful and distracting surroundings

Schedule: Per Diem

Shift Times: variable

Paygrade: PG-PG-PG-41

Key Responsibilities

The Speech Therapist is responsible for evaluating patients, developing effective treatment plans, and documenting progress according to clinical standards. They must also provide education to patients and families while maintaining safety and productivity targets.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a discipline-appropriate degree from an accredited program and a current Florida license. A Certificate of Clinical Competence and a current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider card are also required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Speech therapyClinical documentationPatient evaluationTreatment planningInterpersonal communicationBLS certification

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 64% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 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.

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution27 jobs

5
<$100k
8
$100k-120k
7
$120k-140k
6
$140k-160k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
85%
CME allowance
70%
Sign-on bonus
11% this job
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
4% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech Language Therapist / SLP (Home Health)

Mission Healthcare · Reno, Nevada

$70-$80/hr
#2

Speech Language Pathologist

KidsCare Home Health · Fort Collins, Colorado

$60-$75/hr
#3

Speech Therapist

$65-$75/hr
#4

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) or Clinical Fellow (SLP-CF)

$65-$75/hr
+ 33 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 1.1
Below most Speech Language Pathology listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,494 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Palm Bay

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$285k
Typical market rent
$1,867/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.0
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 · Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign On Bonus
Relocation Assistance
Per Diem schedule