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Northside Hospital
Cumming, Georgia

Speech-Language Pathologist (Acute - PRN / MBS, FEES Preferred)

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Why Choose Northside and Its Rehabilitation Team?

Northside supports our employees’ professional and personal growth.

Offers advanced certification and specialty training financial support and tuition reimbursement. Available upon hire.

Staff career advancement levels programs.

Fosters an environment that promotes work/life balance. We embrace diversity. We care about you.

  • Highly recognized and supportive organization with a valued rehabilitation services department.
  • Compassionate, dedicated, innovative team of highly specialized professional staff with a focus on providing evidence based care
  • Supportive leadership team encouraging personal growth and development.
  • Strong collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary care teams.
  • Strong supporters of our community through screenings, education, volunteering, and community service initiatives.
  • Focus on service excellence and providing expert level care to our patients.
  • Seasoned clinicians and mentors, many with advanced certifications & specialty training.
  • Residency and enrichment programs underway with other key residency programs to come
  • Longevity within our team, often celebrating 20, 30, and 40 years of service

Responsibilities

Evaluates speech, language, cognitive, and communication impairments, as well as swallowing, airway, clinical voice and resonance disorders.

Develops and administers speech therapy programs and treatments for inpatients and outpatients of age groups defined by clinical competency, which may include neonate, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.

The duties of this position require patient and family education and the exercise of courtesy and patience in speaking with and assisting patients, families, medical personnel and others in order to provide quality customer service.

Qualifications

Required

Current Speech-Language Pathologist license by the Georgia Board of Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, and Hearing Aid Dispensing

Certified (Certificate of Clinical Competency) by the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association or meets the educational requirements for certificate and in the process of accumulating the supervised experience required for certification with completion in one year.

Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).

Preferred

  • Master's degree or higher in Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Previous patient care experience.

Work Hours (EX:7AM-7PM)

8-430

Weekend Requirements

Yes

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Swallowing AssessmentAirway AssessmentClinical Voice AssessmentResonance AssessmentCognitive AssessmentCommunication AssessmentInpatient CareOutpatient CareMultidisciplinary CollaborationMBSFEES

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 50% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Speech-Language Pathology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedSpeech-Language Pathology median $109k (middle half $99k–$119k)119 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingGeorgia index 96.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Speech-Language Pathology listings in Georgia227 active6,894 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 50% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Speech-Language Pathology pay trend+4.2% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
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.

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

36 jobs · 30 employers
10
<$100k
7
$100k-120k
6
$120k-140k
11
$140k-160k
2
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

36 jobs · 30 employers
401k / retirement match
78%
CME allowance
56%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$65-$80/hr
#2

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Enspire Consulting Group · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$70-$80/hr
#3

Speech Language Pathologist

$61.5-$75.75/hr
#4

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$65-$75/hr
+ 39 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,836 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About Northside Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Atlanta, GA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Advanced certification and specialty training financial support
Tuition reimbursement
Career advancement levels programs
Work/life balance

Living in Cumming

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$443k
Typical market rent
$2,207/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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