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Northside Hospital
Canton, Georgia

Speech-Language Pathologist (Acute/Outpatient; MBS preferred)

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Includes weekends
Posted 1h ago · Verified live

Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Why Choose Northside and Its Rehabilitation Team?

Northside supports our employees’ professional and personal growth.

Offers advanced certification and specialty training financial support and tuition reimbursement. Available upon hire.

Staff career advancement levels programs.

Fosters an environment that promotes work/life balance. We embrace diversity. We care about you.

  • Highly recognized and supportive organization with a valued rehabilitation services department.
  • Compassionate, dedicated, innovative team of highly specialized professional staff with a focus on providing evidence based care
  • Supportive leadership team encouraging personal growth and development.
  • Strong collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary care teams.
  • Strong supporters of our community through screenings, education, volunteering, and community service initiatives.
  • Focus on service excellence and providing expert level care to our patients.
  • Seasoned clinicians and mentors, many with advanced certifications & specialty training.
  • Residency and enrichment programs underway with other key residency programs to come
  • Longevity within our team, often celebrating 20, 30, and 40 years of service

Responsibilities

Evaluates speech, language, cognitive, and communication impairments, as well as swallowing, airway, clinical voice and resonance disorders.

Develops and administers speech therapy programs and treatments for inpatients and outpatients of age groups defined by clinical competency, which may include neonate, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations.

The duties of this position require patient and family education and the exercise of courtesy and patience in speaking with and assisting patients, families, medical personnel and others in order to provide quality customer service.

Qualifications

Required

  • Current Speech-Language Pathologist license by the Georgia Board of Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, and Hearing Aid Dispensing
  • Two (2) years clinical experience.
  • Certified (CCC) by the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association or meets the educational requirements for certificate and in the process of accumulating the supervised experience required for certification with completion in one year.
  • Must hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
  • PREFERRED
  • Master's degree or higher in Speech-Language

Work Hours

9-530

Weekend Requirements

Yes

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Language impairment evaluationCognitive impairment evaluationCommunication impairment evaluationSwallowing disorder treatmentAirway disorder treatmentVoice disorder treatmentResonance disorder treatmentPatient educationMultidisciplinary collaborationClinical documentation

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 74% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 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 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

25 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution19 jobs

5
<$110k
5
$110k-130k
5
$130k-150k
4
$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks20 jobs

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
65%
Sign-on bonus
10%
Loan repayment
10%
Relocation assistance
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech Language Therapist / SLP (Home Health)

Mission Healthcare · Reno, Nevada

$70-$80/hr
#2

Speech Language Pathologist

KidsCare Home Health · Fort Collins, Colorado

$60-$75/hr
#3

Full -Time Private School Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

$65-$75/hr
#4

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) or Clinical Fellow (SLP-CF)

$65-$75/hr
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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes weekends

Living in Canton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$421k
Typical market rent
$1,986/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 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.

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About Northside Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Atlanta, GA
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Advanced certification and specialty training financial support
Tuition reimbursement available upon hire
Staff career advancement levels programs
Work/life balance environment
Residency and enrichment programs