Speech Therapist

Speech-Language PathologistNo nightsPer Diem

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Job Description

  • We are seeking a Speech Pathology Therapist for our Department of Rehab at Southern Regional Medical Center.
  • Shift’s Available: Days
  • Employment Type: PRN
  • Hours: 8 hours
  • Location: Southern Regional Medical Center - Riverdale, GA

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but not limited to):

Responsible for the evaluation, treatment planning and implementation of treatment for patients demonstrating disorders of speech, language, cognition, swallowing and other services prescribed by a physician.

Assists in developing and implementing new and ongoing programs beneficial for the enhancement of the department.

Qualifications

Education and Work Experience

1. Graduate of an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in speech-language pathology required.2. Active license to practice speech language pathology in the state of anticipated employment, free of disciplinary action required.3.

Active Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), free of disciplinary action – OR - Speech Language Pathology Clinical Fellow (SLP-CFs) to be considered on a case-by-case basis (provided proper supervision can be afforded to the CF) required.4.

At least one year of experience in a hospital setting.5. Current BLS for healthcare provider’s certification upon hire and maintain current.

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: primehealthcare.com

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.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationTreatment ImplementationSpeech Disorder TreatmentLanguage Disorder TreatmentCognitive Disorder TreatmentSwallowing Disorder TreatmentProgram DevelopmentProgram ImplementationHospital ExperienceBLS Certification

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 50% have no call, 62% 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 Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

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Salary Distribution35 jobs · 31 employers

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<$100k
7
$100k-120k
6
$120k-140k
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$140k-160k
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$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 31 employers

401k / retirement match
86%
CME allowance
51%
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
11%
Sign-on bonus
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 5.1
Better work-life than 70% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,765 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Riverdale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$205k
Typical market rent
$1,577/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
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.

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