Speech Therapist

Speech-Language PathologistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$50.50/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

At Centinela Hospital Medical Center, our dedicated team of professionals are committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, a Top-15 hospital system in the United States, Centinela Hospital Medical Center is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team!

Centinela Hospital Medical Center has been serving the communities of Inglewood and the wider Los Angeles area for 100 years.

An award-winning facility, ranking in the top 5% nationally for quality and patient safety, Centinela Hospital is a 362-bed acute-care hospital with a 24-hour STEMI certified emergency department and primary stroke center, orthopedic care, advanced cardiac services, critical care services, inpatient and outpatient rehab programs, and more.

Centinela has earned hundreds of national awards and recognitions, including "100 Top Hospital" recognition from Fortune/Merative and straight 'A's (2018-2024) for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group. For more information, visit centinelamed.com.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the evaluation, treatment planning and implementation of treatment for patients demonstrating disorders of speech, language, cognition, swallowing and other services prescribed by a physician. Assists in developing and implementing new and ongoing programs beneficial for the enhancement of the department.

Qualifications

  • EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
  • Graduate of an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in speech-language pathology required.

Active license to practice speech language pathology in the state of anticipated employment, free of disciplinary action required.

Active Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), free of disciplinary action – OR - Speech Language Pathology Clinical Fellow (SLP-CFs) to be considered on a case-by-case basis (provided proper supervision can be afforded to the CF) required.

  • At least one year of experience in a hospital setting is preferred.
  • Current BLS for healthcare provider’s certification upon hire and maintain current.

Pay Transparency

Centinela Hospital Medical Center offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs.

Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options.

A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $50.50 to $50.50.

The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Employment Status: Per Diem

Shift: Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice for California Applicants: primehealthcare.com

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationTreatment ImplementationSpeech Disorder TreatmentLanguage Disorder TreatmentCognitive Disorder TreatmentSwallowing Disorder TreatmentProgram DevelopmentProgram ImplementationHospital-Based CareBasic Life Support

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 50% have no call, 42% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$106k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $96k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution26 jobs

6
<$120k
4
$120k-135k
5
$135k-150k
10
$150k-165k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
83% this job
CME allowance
61%
Sign-on bonus
6%
Loan repayment
6%
Relocation assistance
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech Language PathologistPer Diem

Providence · Santa Monica, California

$48.79-$75.74/hr
#2

Acute (Adult) SLP - Per Diem- MemorialPer Diem

Sharp HealthCare · San Diego, California

$52.36-$75.69/hr
#3

Speech Language Pathologist - Part Time

$55-$75/hr
#4

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) On-Call

$65-$70/hr
+ 47 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 6,765 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Inglewood

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$796k
Typical market rent
$2,492/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Centinela Hospital Medical Center

Hospitals and Health Care
Inglewood, California
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid Time Off
401K Retirement Plan
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement