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Harrisonburg, Virginia

Speech Language Pathologist - PRN

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Job Description

Speech Language Pathologist - PRN

Starting pay will vary based on job-related skills, experience, and qualifications

Description

Flexible Schedule | Meaningful Work | Supportive Senior Living Community

Are you a compassionate Speech Language Pathologist looking for flexible PRN opportunities where you can truly make an impact? Join our vibrant retirement community team and help residents maintain communication, cognition, and safety while enhancing quality of life across multiple levels of care.

We are seeking a PRN Speech Language Pathologist to support residents in our Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Healthcare neighborhoods. This role offers the opportunity to build meaningful relationships, practice patient-centered care, and work within a collaborative interdisciplinary environment.

  • Performs assessments, diagnoses and develops treatment plans for language and swallowing disorders.
  • Evaluate swallowing, speech, and language difficulty levels and identify treatment options.
  • Creates and carries out individualized treatment plans addressing specific functional needs.
  • Teaches patients how to make sounds while improving their voices and maintaining fluency.
  • Creates goals and objectives for patients to work toward and identify areas of progress and challenges.
  • Provides support and advice to patients, their caregivers, and family.
  • Counsels patients and families on ways to cope with swallowing and communication disorders.
  • Compiles extensive notes on patients’ progress and adjusts therapies and treatment plans where necessary.
  • Documents patient care services according to approved medical documentation and facility documentation procedures.
  • Leads by example and exhibits professionalism at all times.

Holds themselves accountable and encourage collaboration and flexibility within the department and interdepartmental teamwork for positive outcomes.

Requirements

  • Education: Graduate of an accredited therapy program
  • Experience: 2-3 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Licenses/Certifications: Current Speech Language Pathologist state license; CPR certification
  • Excellent verbal & written communication
  • Time management
  • Critical thinking
  • Sound judgment & decision making
  • Active listening
  • Service orientation
  • Social perceptiveness
  • Compassionate instruction
  • In addition to a rewarding career opportunity, we offer an excellent benefits package, including:
  • Personal Leave
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Vacation Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Choice of 3 Medical Plans, Including an HSA Option
  • Prescription Drug Coverage
  • Dental Coverage
  • Vision Coverage
  • Company Paid Life Insurance
  • Company Paid Short-term Disability Insurance
  • Company Paid Long-term Disability Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • 401(k) Plan with Company Match
  • Supplemental Life, Accident & Cancer Insurance
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Uniform Reimbursement
  • License Reimbursement
  • MD Ortho – Free Telemedicine & Direct Orthopedic Services
  • Garner Health – Expert Doctor Matching & Healthcare Savings
  • Free membership to our on-site wellness center
  • On-Site Credit Union
  • On-Site Hair Salon
  • On-Site Massage Therapy & Esthetician Services
  • Discounted Movie Tickets
  • Employee Emergency Relief Fund
  • Employee Assistance Program

Work Environment

  • Normal lighting levels, temperature ranges, air quality, ventilation and noise levels.
  • Physical Demands: Physical stamina to lift, transfer and assist patients through physical activities.

Requires frequent lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50lbs. unassisted, including assisting patients when needed.

Must be able to communicate clearly to patients in person and over the phone.

Visual acuity adequate to perform job duties, including visual examination of patient and reading information from printed sources and computer screens.

Work Hazards: Contact with blood, body fluids and other infectious drainage. Minimal hazards if required Universal Precautions are followed.

Key Responsibilities

Perform assessments and develop individualized treatment plans for residents with language and swallowing disorders. Provide support and counseling to patients and their families while documenting progress within a collaborative senior living environment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentTreatment PlanningSwallowing Disorder TherapyLanguage TherapyCognitive TherapyPatient CounselingInterdisciplinary CollaborationVerbal Communication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist - PRN at SUNNYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN HOME a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,763 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 44% have no call, 60% 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 Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

43 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution36 jobs · 31 employers

11
<$100k
8
$100k-120k
6
$120k-140k
10
$140k-160k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 31 employers

401k / retirement match
84% this job
CME allowance
61%
Loan repayment
18%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$61.5-$75.75/hr
#3

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$65-$75/hr
#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 7.1
Among the best 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Harrisonburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$335k
Typical market rent
$1,780/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
94.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Harrisonburg, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Sunnyside Presbyterian Home

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11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Personal Leave
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Vacation Leave
Paid Holidays
Choice of 3 Medical Plans including HSA Option
Prescription Drug Coverage
Dental Coverage
Vision Coverage