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St. John's Hospital
Leavenworth, Kansas

Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

  • Department: Inpatient Rehabilitation- Speech Language Pathology
  • Shift’s Available: Days
  • Employment Type: Per Diem/PRN
  • Hours: 8-hour shift (Some Weekends will be required)
  • Location: Saint John Hospital, Leavenworth, KS

A Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) specializes in diagnosing and treating speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders. SLPs work with individuals of all ages to improve communication skills and enhance quality of life by developing and implementing individualized treatment plans.

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) work closely with other healthcare professionals and educate patients and family members about communication strategies to improve the patient's speech in their daily life.

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: primehealthcare.com

Responsibilities

  • Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but is not limited to):
  • Assess and diagnose speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders.
  • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
  • Provide therapy to improve articulation, fluency, voice disorders, and language comprehension.
  • Collaborate with teachers, parents, and other relevant professionals.
  • Maintain detailed records of patient evaluation, treatment, and progress.
  • Educate clients and family members about communication strategies.
  • Stay updated on clinical research and advances in speech-language pathology.

Qualifications

  • Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:
  • Graduate of an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's in Speech Therapy
  • Licensed by the state in Speech-Language Pathology
  • Current BLS for healthcare providers' certification upon hire and maintain current certification

Additional Qualifications That Are a Plus

  • MS degree in Speech-Language Pathology
  • One year of experience with swallow assessment and treatment in an acute care hospital setting
  • One year of experience in acute care

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.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Speech Disorder AssessmentLanguage Disorder AssessmentCommunication Disorder AssessmentSwallowing Disorder AssessmentIndividualized Treatment PlanningArticulation TherapyFluency TherapyVoice Disorder TherapyLanguage Comprehension TherapyInterdisciplinary CollaborationPatient and Family EducationClinical DocumentationProgress MonitoringBLS Certification

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 48% have no call, 60% 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 Kansas is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.0% of Kansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution33 jobs · 29 employers

11
<$100k
7
$100k-120k
4
$120k-140k
11
$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 29 employers

401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
58%
Loan repayment
14%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Relocation assistance
8%

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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 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Leavenworth

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$254k
Typical market rent
$1,210/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About St. John's Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Leavenworth, Kansas
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare (per diem may vary)
Nonprofit employer - PSLF eligible