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Springfield, Missouri

Speech Pathologist - OP Neuro Therapy - Day Shift

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes callNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Facility

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1091 OP Neuro Therapy South

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Hours: Varied

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace

excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

  • Up to $10,000 Sign-On Bonus
  • Up to 80 hours of front-loaded Paid Time Off
  • Up to $3,000 Relocation bonus
  • Clinical Ladder up to $5,000

This position will involve working with Adult and Pediatric patients.

Job Summary

Speech-language pathologists assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders in children and adults. They will develop or implement treatment plans for problems that include, but are not limited to, stuttering, delayed language, swallowing disorders, inappropriate pitch or harsh voice problems, and social communication disorders.

Job Requirements

Education

  • Required: Master’s Degree in Speech Pathology/Communicative Disorders and Sciences

Experience

  • Preferred: Prior one year hospital/health care related experience

Skills

  • Good clinical expertise, human relations skills and organizational skills required.
  • Self-motivated individual who can work independently with little direct supervision required
  • Has demonstrated interest in professional growth by attendance at continuing education workshops, and applications of new principles and/or techniques.
  • Must have good communication skills and a positive attitude

Licensure/Certification/Registration

  • Required: License of Speech Therapy active in the state of Missouri, CCC or CFY candidate AND BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire

Education

  • Required: Master’s Degree in Speech Pathology/Communicative Disorders and Sciences

Experience

  • Preferred: Prior one year hospital/health care related experience

Skills

  • Good clinical expertise, human relations skills and organizational skills required.
  • Self-motivated individual who can work independently with little direct supervision required
  • Has demonstrated interest in professional growth by attendance at continuing education workshops, and applications of new principles and/or techniques.
  • Must have good communication skills and a positive attitude

Licensure/Certification/Registration

Required: License or Provisional License of Speech Language Pathology active in the state of Missouri.

  • For Provisional Licenses, additional requirements are as follows:
  • Supervision requirements as outlined in Missouri State Statutes must be met.
  • The Board approved national examination must be passed within 12 months of receiving the provisional license.
  • BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire

Keywords - SLP, Speech Language Pathologist

Key Responsibilities

Assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in adult and pediatric patients. Develop and implement treatment plans for issues such as stuttering, delayed language, and voice problems.

Requirements

Requires a Master's Degree in Speech Pathology/Communicative Disorders and Sciences and an active Missouri state license. BLS certification must be obtained within 90 days of hire.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Independent Work

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 62% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

28 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution19 jobs

3
<$110k
4
$110k-130k
10
$130k-150k
2
$156k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
83% this job
CME allowance
57% this job
Sign-on bonus
13% this job
Loan repayment
13%
PSLF eligible
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,511 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes call

Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$238k
Typical market rent
$1,200/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About CoxHealth

Hospitals and Health Care
Springfield, MO
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus
Relocation Bonus
Clinical Ladder
Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Retirement with Employer Match