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Columbia, South Carolina

Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist is a full-time, hourly position responsible for providing evaluation, treatment, and ongoing care for children from birth through age 18. This role focuses on helping children develop communication, language, speech, feeding, and swallowing skills through evidence-based speech-language pathology services.

Speech-Language Pathologists at The Therapy Place work with children presenting with a wide range of diagnoses and developmental needs, including speech sound disorders, language delays, autism spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, feeding challenges, and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) needs. You will develop individualized plans of care, provide direct therapy services, and collaborate closely with families to support carryover across home, school, and community environments.

This position offers the opportunity to work within a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team that includes occupational therapists, physical therapists, educators, behavioral health professionals, and support staff. Therapists may also collaborate within the Bridges School program, supporting an integrated therapy and education model.

This is a full-time, hourly role with consistent scheduling and the opportunity to earn overtime based on caseload and clinic needs.

In addition to competitive hourly compensation, employees receive a comprehensive benefits package, including partially company-paid medical insurance and fully employer-paid dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.

The role also includes paid time off and a retirement plan with a company match of 50% of employee contributions up to 5%. Ongoing professional development, mentorship, and continuing education are supported as part of the role.

What You'll Do

  • Conduct comprehensive speech-language, communication, and feeding evaluations
  • Develop and implement individualized plans of care
  • Provide direct, evidence-based speech-language therapy services to pediatric patients
  • Assess, recommend, and support the implementation of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems as appropriate
  • Monitor patient progress and adjust treatment plans as needed
  • Educate caregivers and provide home programs to support skill development and carryover
  • Complete accurate and timely documentation in compliance with clinic, state, and payer requirements

Maintain Compliance with HIPAA and Professional Standards

  • Collaborate with occupational therapists, physical therapists, educators, behavioral health providers, and administrative staff
  • Participate in multidisciplinary meetings and care coordination
  • Supervise Clinical Fellows, Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, and students as assigned
  • Participate in trainings, continuing education, and professional development

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited program
  • Eligible for and maintains South Carolina licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) preferred; Clinical Fellows encouraged to apply
  • Experience or strong interest in pediatric speech-language pathology
  • Experience with feeding therapy, AAC, autism spectrum disorder, and/or early intervention preferred
  • Strong clinical reasoning and ability to adapt treatment to individual needs
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
  • Passion for working with children and supporting families

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive speech, language, and feeding evaluations and evidence-based treatment for children from birth to 18. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and families to implement individualized plans of care and support skill carryover.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Pediatric TherapyAAC ImplementationMultidisciplinary CollaborationPatient EvaluationCaregiver EducationCase ManagementHIPAA ComplianceClinical SupervisionTreatment Planning

Pediatrics — Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 46% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Therapy Place holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 77/100, 14 active listings.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist at The Therapy Place a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Pediatrics (Speech-Language Pathology) — ranked against 597 active Pediatrics (Speech-Language Pathology) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

42 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution32 jobs · 31 employers

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<$100k
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$100k-120k
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$120k-140k
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$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks37 jobs · 31 employers

401k / retirement match
92% this job
CME allowance
57% this job
Sign-on bonus
11%
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$61.5-$75.75/hr
#2

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$65-$75/hr
#3

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 7.2
Among the best 10% of Pediatrics (Speech-Language Pathology) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 597 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Columbia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$220k
Typical market rent
$1,479/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.7
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Columbia, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Therapy Place

Health and Human Services
Columbia, SC
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Partially company-paid medical insurance
Fully employer-paid dental insurance
Fully employer-paid vision insurance
Fully employer-paid short-term disability
Fully employer-paid long-term disability
Fully employer-paid life insurance
Paid time off
Retirement plan with company match (50% up to 5%)