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St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Edgewood, Kentucky

Speech Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistRegular

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Job Description

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Job Type: Regular

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  • Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

  • Benefits That Support You
  • We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy

  • Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
  • Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
  • Retirement savings with employer match
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
  • Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
  • Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary

Evaluate, diagnose and treat speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders in patients of all ages. Provides education to staff, patients, and families.

Actively participates in performance improvement, outcomes measurement, program development, interdisciplinary committees as well as provides input into selection and purchase of supplies and equipment.

Maintains standards of productivity necessary to assist Manager and department with maintaining financial viability and accountability.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Job Description

*Adult inpatient experience required*

Benefits

  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible spending account
  • Life insurance
  • 403(b)
  • Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Scheduling

Join our dedicated team as a Speech-Language Pathologist and make a meaningful impact on patients' lives through comprehensive assessments, personalized treatment plans, and collaborative care.

You'll diagnose speech, language, voice, and swallowing disorders, develop and monitor effective therapy strategies, and document progress with precision.

We value your professional growth, offering opportunities for continuing education, supervision of graduate students, and active participation in professional organizations.

You'll also engage families and support groups to enhance patient outcomes, all within a supportive environment that prioritizes confidentiality and departmental excellence. If you're passionate about improving communication and swallowing health and eager to grow your career, we invite you to apply!

Education, Credentials, Licenses

Master’s degree in Speech/Language Pathology from an accredited university.

Certificate of Clinical competency by the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (CCC-SLP) or eligibility during clinical fellowship year (CFY-SLP) leading to certification.

Licensed in Speech/Language Pathology in the state where work is being performed issued by the State Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology.

Kind and Length of Experience

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.

Key Responsibilities

Evaluate, diagnose, and treat speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders in patients of all ages. Provide education to staff, patients, and families while participating in performance improvement and interdisciplinary committees.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Speech/Language Pathology and a Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC-SLP) or eligibility for the clinical fellowship year. Adult inpatient experience is explicitly required for this role.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

DiagnosisTreatment planningCognitive-communication therapyPatient educationInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical documentationAdult inpatient care

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 52% have no call, 62% 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 Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution32 jobs · 28 employers

11
<$105k
6
$105k-125k
5
$125k-145k
9
$145k-165k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
92% this job
CME allowance
56% this job
Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
8%
Sign-on bonus
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$65-$80/hr
#2

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Thera Peds · Pawtucket, Rhode Island

$61.5-$75.75/hr
#3

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$65-$75/hr
#4

Speech Therapist

$65-$75/hr
+ 38 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 6,780 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Edgewood

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$333k
Median resident rent
$1,073/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.4
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About St. Elizabeth Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Edgewood, KY
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive pay
Comprehensive health coverage within first 30 days
Generous paid time off
Flexible work schedules
Retirement savings with employer match
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development opportunities
Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs