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Sentara Health
Norfolk, Virginia

Speech Pathologist - Inpatient Rehab

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$94k-$139k

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Job Description

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview

Sentara Norfolk General - Inpatient Rehab (Sub Acute) is hiring a Speech Therapist - Full Time

*Full Time - We offer Competitive Salary with Excellent Benefits! *

As a Speech Therapist you will assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve speech, swallowing, language, voice, and fluency disorders. Provides age appropriate education for clients and caregivers. Supervise and assume responsibility for care provide

Education

  • Master's of Speech Therapy
  • Certification/Licensure
  • BLS
  • VA License - SLP

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $94,265.60 - $139,048.00 annually.

Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.

Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually.

Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

  • Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
  • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
  • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
  • Emergency Backup Care
  • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k/403B with Employer Match
  • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
  • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
  • Pet Insurance
  • Legal Resources Plan
  • Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Here at Sentara, we are committed to consistently enhancing our training, advancement tracks, work-life benefits, and more. Our goal is to make you feel more excited to be here every day!

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 525-bed tertiary care facility that is home to the only Level I Adult Trauma Center and burn trauma unit in Hampton Roads, and also serves as the primary teaching hospital for Eastern Virginia Medical School.

In addition to the high-quality heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital, our facility is home to Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance and several other dedicated facilities and specialized services. As a recognized accredited Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, our hospital specializes in heart and vascular, neurosciences, neurosurgery, urology, oncology, spine care, advanced imaging, behavioral health, maternity, and women’s health, including a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Key Responsibilities

The Speech Pathologist will assess, plan, and implement rehabilitative programs to improve speech, swallowing, language, voice, and fluency disorders. They are also responsible for providing age-appropriate education to clients and caregivers while supervising care delivery.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Speech Therapy and possess a valid Virginia SLP license. A Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is also required for this position.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Swallowing assessmentLanguage disorder treatmentVoice therapyFluency disorder treatmentPatient educationCaregiver educationRehabilitative program planningClinical assessmentInpatient rehabilitation

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 38% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$117k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $115k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

30 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution30 jobs · 15 employers

12
<$110k
4
$110k-140k
8
$140k-170k
6
$170k-200k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 15 employers

401k / retirement match
96% this job
CME allowance
38% this job
Loan repayment
25% this job
Relocation assistance
17%
PSLF eligible
17%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$142k-$199k
#2

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$75-$95/hr
#3

School Speech-Language Pathologist - Brooklyn

$75-$95/hr
#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,842 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Norfolk

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$298k≈ 3.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,757/mo≈ 22% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Sentara Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Virginia Beach, Virginia
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision
401k/403b with Employer Match
Paid Time Off
Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
Tuition Assistance ($5,250/year)
Student Debt Pay Down ($10,000)
Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
Life Insurance