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Elara Caring
La Grange, Texas

PRN Home Health Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistPer Diem

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Job Description

At Elara Caring, we have a unique opportunity to play a huge role in the growth of an entire home care industry. Here, each employee has the chance to make a real difference by carrying out our mission every day. Join our elite team of healthcare professionals, providing the Right Care, at the Right Time, in the Right Place.

Job Description

PRN Home Health Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)

Elara Caring/ PRN Scheduling

Help patients find their voice—and confidence in everyday life.

Communicating a need. Connecting with a loved one. Taking part in a meaningful conversation. As a Home Health Speech-Language Pathologist with Elara Caring, you’ll help patients build skills that make a difference in their daily lives.

You’ll provide personalized, one-on-one therapy in patients’ homes, developing treatment plans around their needs, goals, and routines. Bring your clinical judgment and compassion to a role where you can build relationships, involve caregivers, and see progress where it matters most.

Why Join Elara Caring?

  • Meaningful patient connections: Deliver individualized care in the comfort of each patient’s home.
  • Collaborative care: Partner with physicians, nurses, therapists, and clinical leaders.
  • Professional growth: Continuing education at no cost, plus tuition reimbursement for eligible full-time employees.
  • Competitive Pay-supplement your Income!
  • Paid Orientation
  • Travel support: Mileage reimbursement
  • Work that fits YOUR life - Establish consistent days/hours around your other commitments
  • Benefit eligibility varies by position and employment status.

How You’ll Make a Difference

  • Evaluate patients’ speech-language therapy needs and develop individualized plans with meaningful, achievable goals.
  • Provide skilled therapy according to physician orders, clinical findings, and accepted standards of practice.
  • Complete initial and ongoing assessments, monitor progress, and adjust treatment plans as needs change.
  • Teach patients and caregivers practical strategies and home exercises that support continued progress between visits.
  • Identify safety concerns and connect care plans with available family and community resources.
  • Communicate changes in condition, treatment recommendations, and progress to physicians and the interdisciplinary team.
  • Coordinate care and discharge planning to support continuity and help prevent avoidable hospitalizations.

Complete accurate, timely clinical documentation while following applicable regulatory, payer, privacy, and infection prevention requirements.

What You’ll Bring

Master’s degree from an accredited Speech-Language Pathology program.

Current SLP license in the state of practice. An Educational Limited Speech-Language Pathologist license may qualify while completing the required nine months of supervised postgraduate clinical experience, with supervision by an Elara Caring licensed SLP.

  • At least one year of SLP experience in a clinical care setting.
  • Home health or hospice experience preferred.
  • Strong communication, interpersonal, organization, and time management skills.
  • A valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record, or reliable transportation between patient homes and assigned work locations.
  • Ability to meet agency health screening and testing requirements.

Physical Requirements- This is a physically active role requiring the ability to frequently lift, push, pull, and support up to 50 pounds, including assisting with patient positioning or transfers and moving equipment.

Put your expertise to work in the moments that matter.

Apply today to join Elara Caring’s Home Health team as a Speech-Language Pathologist.

Equal Employment Opportunity: We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements.

Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruiting@elara.com.

Pay & Benefit Information: Compensation for this role will be determined based on a variety of factors, including qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience. Elara offers a broad range of benefits. Learn more at careers.elara.com

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Key Responsibilities

The Speech-Language Pathologist will evaluate patients' needs to develop and implement individualized treatment plans in a home health setting. They will also coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team and provide education to patients and caregivers to support recovery.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and a current state license. At least one year of clinical experience is required, with a preference for home health or hospice backgrounds.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentTreatment planningInterdisciplinary collaborationInterpersonal skillsHome health carePatient careCaregiver education

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 56% have no call, 46% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Speech-Language Pathology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedSpeech-Language Pathology median $99k (middle half $83k–$113k)463 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Speech-Language Pathology listings in Texas878 active6,828 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 56% no call · 46% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas Speech-Language Pathologist listings: 10% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 4% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Speech-Language Pathology listings2,433 in the last 30 days1,331 the 30 days before (+83%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Speech-Language Pathology pay trend+3.5% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

29 jobs
9
<$110k
6
$110k-130k
10
$130k-150k
4
$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

30 jobs · 29 employers
401k / retirement match
80%
CME allowance
47% this job
Sign-on bonus
30%
Loan repayment
27%
Relocation assistance
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech and Language PathologistContract

Enspire Consulting Group · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$70-$80/hr
#2

Speech Therapist, SLP, FlContract

Concierge Home Care · Jacksonville, Florida

$65-$75/hr
#3

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP

$65-$75/hr
#4

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP

$65-$75/hr
+ 35 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 2.8
Better work-life than 50% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,742 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Elara Caring

Hospitals and Health Care
Dallas, Texas
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Continuing education at no cost
Tuition reimbursement for eligible full-time employees
Paid orientation
Mileage reimbursement
Flexible schedule

Living in La Grange

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$343k
Median resident rent
$929/mo
Residents’ average commute
13 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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