SPEECH THERAPIST (POOL)
Compensation
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Job Description
Diagnoses and treats speech, language, voice, cognition and swallowing disorders within a clinical (inpatient and outpatient) setting. Participates in established speech pathology programs including patient care and education. Establishes treatment programs and/or implements comprehensive discharge plans. Directs support personnel within the scope of practice.
CCC-SLP and SLP-LIC are both required or, in the alternative, CFY is required.
Education
Master's Degree Speech - Language Pathology Required
Experience
General Experience Not Applicable: No Prior experience is required or preferred
- Licenses
- Cert Clinical Competence SLP Required or
- Clinical Fellow Year Eligible Required
- PA Speech Pathologist License Required
- Basic Life Support Required
Key Responsibilities
Diagnose and treat speech, language, voice, cognition, and swallowing disorders in clinical settings. Participate in speech pathology programs, provide patient education, and implement comprehensive discharge plans.
Requirements
Requires a Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and a Pennsylvania Speech Pathologist license. Candidates must hold a CCC-SLP or be eligible for a Clinical Fellow Year (CFY), and possess Basic Life Support certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Certifications
Key Skills
Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context
Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 46% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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About Temple University Health System
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Living in Philadelphia
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $204k
- Typical market rent
- $1,768/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 32 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 102.6
- State income tax
- Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.