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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Speech Language Pathologist Home Health

Speech-Language Pathologist Top 25% in Speech Language PathologyPer Diem

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

  • 80%better work-life than Speech Language Pathology peers
  • $1sign-on bonus · 9% of Speech-Language Pathology listings offer it
  • +16%Speech-Language Pathology listings, last 30 days

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

UPMC Home Health is hiring a Casual Speech Language Pathologist (Harrisburg, Carlisle)

Are you a Speech Therapist looking for a rewarding career where you can provide direct, one-on-one patient care? UPMC Home Healthcare is hiring caring, skilled, and compassionate rehabilitation therapists to join our team! You’ll work in a home setting with a diverse patient population throughout these surrounding communities. Working outside of a medical facility, you’ll have an opportunity to get to know patients as you guide their care in the comfort of their homes.

You’ll collaborate with our team of specialized nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, dieticians, aides, and trained administrative staff to provide personalized patient care in a home setting.

Why Choose UPMC Home Healthcare

Join a nationally recognized leader in healthcare innovation and excellence. As part of UPMC – a world-class academic medical center and integrated health system – you’ll be empowered to make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients while advancing your career.

· Deliver compassionate, one-on-one care in the comfort of patients’ homes, fostering deeper connections and personalized treatment.

· Be part of a mission-driven team backed by UPMC’s renowned hospitals, research, and health plan – offering a unique continuum of care.

· Sign-on bonus available for both new graduates and experienced professionals.

· Advance your career through ongoing professional development opportunities.

· Comprehensive benefits that support your physical, emotional, and financial well-being – including tuition reimbursement and retirement savings plans.

· Mileage reimbursement at the federal rate to support your travel needs.

Final title and pay will be determined by education, experience, and certifications.

Responsibilities

Standard Responsibilities Performs in accordance with system-wide competencies/behaviors. Performs other duties as assigned.*Indicates a non-essential job responsibility.

  • Attend compliance training and adhere to the organization standards of conduct, policies and procedures.
  • Proven ability to facilitate change.

Focus on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction.

Identify, develop and participate in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of services we provide.

Perform duties and job responsibilities in a fashion which coincides with the service management philosophy of UPMC Home Healthcare towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians and other departments within the organization.

Continually develop professional skills by assuming responsibility for on-going continuing education.

Advise and consult with the family, interdisciplinary staff members, physicians and other professionals with regard to normal and difficult communication and swallowing and specific patient care.

Maintain and complete all documentation promptly and accurately including visit assessment, OASIS, 485 and Verbal Orders on the laptop device or in written documentation while in the patient's home and within the agency and regulatory standards. Data syncs (transmits) information same day.

Patient care-evaluation, therapy, teaching and counseling - provide complete and accurate speech, language, voice, swallowing evaluation therapy, instruction and counseling for infants through geriatrics.

Master's degree Speech Language Pathology required.

One (1) year clinical experience in Speech Pathology to practice without supervision or less than one (1) year if practicing under supervision, i. e., ALF/PCH.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances

Licensure/Certification: Automotive Insurance EditClin Competency CertificateBasic Life Support OR Cardio Pulmonary ResuscitationDriver's LicenseSpeech PathologistLic/Cert CommentsCertificate of Clinical Competence in Speech language pathology. CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

  • Automotive Insurance
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence
  • Driver's License
  • Speech Pathologist
  • Act 33
  • Act 34
  • OAPSA

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology and possess a valid Speech Pathologist license. At least one year of clinical experience is required to practice without supervision, along with current BLS or CPR certification.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Communication therapyOASIS documentationInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical assessmentPatient counselingRehabilitation therapy

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist Home Health at UPMC a 6.6 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.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

In Pennsylvania, the Speech-Language Pathology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$87k (27 salary observations; 146 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (1,190 salary observations; 4,686 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 68% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 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).

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

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Salary Distribution26 jobs · 25 employers

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$105k-125k
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$125k-145k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
88% this job
CME allowance
50% this job
Sign-on bonus
13% this job
Loan repayment
13%
Relocation assistance
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$60-$75/hr
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$65-$75/hr
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$65-$75/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.6
Better work-life than 80% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,328 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Harrisburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$268k
Typical market rent
$1,369/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.7
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 · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus available
Mileage reimbursement
Tuition reimbursement
Retirement savings plans