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Cleveland, Tennessee

SLP Speech Pathologist Home Health

Speech-Language Pathologist Top 25% in Speech Language PathologyNo callNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

pay $105,674.40 to $118,883.70

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 35m ago · Verified live

Job Description

  • Full-Time Day Shift
  • Paid Training
  • Mileage Reimbursement
  • Work 1:1 with our geriatric population in the home providing hands on care
  • Paid per visit/per point after training
  • Training/Administrative Office: Dalton, GA
  • Make a difference every day as an Amedisys Speech Pathologist

Join Amedisys-one of the largest and most trusted home health and hospice companies in the U. S.-where flexibility, purpose and growth come together to help patients heal where they feel most comfortable, at home.

Attractive pay

$105,674.40 to $118,883.70

What's in It for You

  • Choice of PPO or HSA medical plans with free telehealth.
  • Paid time off.
  • Up to $1,000 in free healthcare services with Amedisys HSA plan.
  • Up to $500 in wellness rewards for activities-use for spa, gym, sports, hobbies, pets and more.*
  • Mental health support with up to five free counseling sessions through the Employee Assistance program.
  • 401(k) with a company match.
  • Family support with infertility treatment coverage*, adoption reimbursement, paid parental and family caregiver leave.
  • Fleet vehicle program (restrictions apply) and mileage reimbursement.
  • And more.

*Benefit eligibility can vary by position and shift status.

*Participation requires enrollment in an Amedisys medical plan.

Responsibilities

Responsible for working to prevent, assess, diagnose and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive communication and swallowing disorders in adults.

Provides aural rehabilitation for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and provides augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for individuals with severe expressive and/or language comprehension disorders.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Current, unencumbered license to practice speech pathology specific to that state you are assigned to work.

Current Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)* with completed graduate course work and a clinical practicum at a college or university whose program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).

  • Current CPR certification.
  • Preferred
  • One (1+) year of experience in speech pathology.

*Note: If the SLP - CCC certification has not been obtained the candidate must be put into the SLP Clinical Fellow (100910) job. Clinical Fellowship (CFY) is the transition between student and independent which involves an SLP supervisor, hour requirements and mentoring.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U. S. geographic markets and may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Geriatric careDiagnosisTreatment planningClinical documentationPatient assessmentSwallowing disorder treatmentCognitive communication therapyHome health care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates SLP Speech Pathologist Home Health at Amedisys a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,328 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 75% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$112k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $122k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$112k midpoint, that is roughly $4k–$8k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Work-life snapshot

6.9/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Speech Language Pathology

  • No call
  • No nights

Living in Cleveland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$325k
Typical market rent
$1,400/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.1
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 · Cleveland, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Amedisys

Hospitals and Health Care
Boston, MA
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Choice of PPO or HSA medical plans with free telehealth
Paid time off
Up to $1,000 in free healthcare services with Amedisys HSA plan
Up to $500 in wellness rewards
Mental health support with up to five free counseling sessions
401(k) with a company match
Infertility treatment coverage
Adoption reimbursement