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Providence Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas

Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistPer Diem

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Job Description

  • Department: Inpatient Rehabilitation- Speech Language
  • Shift’s Available: Days
  • Employment Type: Per Diem/PRN
  • Hours: 8-hour shift - ( 2 days a week, Hours are Flexible)
  • Location: Saint John Hospital, Leavenworth, KS

A Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) specializes in diagnosing and treating speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders. SLPs work with individuals of all ages to improve communication skills and enhance quality of life by developing and implementing individualized treatment plans.

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) work closely with other healthcare professionals and educate patients and family members about communication strategies to improve speech in the patient's daily life.

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: primehealthcare.com

Responsibilities

  • Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but not limited to):
  • Assess and diagnose speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders.
  • Develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
  • Provide therapy to improve articulation, fluency, voice disorders, and language comprehension.
  • Collaborate with teachers, parents, and other relevant professionals.
  • Maintain detailed records of patient evaluation, treatment, and progress.
  • Educate clients and family members about communication strategies.
  • Stay updated on clinical research and advances in speech-language pathology.

Qualifications

  • Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:
  • Graduate of an accredited college or university with a master’s degree in speech-language pathology required.

Active license to practice speech language pathology in the state of anticipated employment, free of disciplinary action required.

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.

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

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
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Speech And Language AssessmentDisorder DiagnosisIndividualized Treatment PlanningSpeech TherapyLanguage TherapySwallowing Disorder TreatmentArticulation TherapyFluency TherapyVoice Disorder TreatmentInterprofessional CollaborationPatient And Family EducationClinical DocumentationProgress Monitoring

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 48% have no call, 60% 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 Kansas is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.0% of Kansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution33 jobs · 29 employers

11
<$100k
7
$100k-120k
4
$120k-140k
11
$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs · 29 employers

401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
58%
Loan repayment
14%
Sign-on bonus
11%
Relocation assistance
8%

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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 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Kansas City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$222k
Typical market rent
$1,326/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.5
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Kansas City, MO-KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Providence Medical Center

Hospitals and Health Care
Kansas City, KS
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Per Diem/PRN
Flexible Hours
Full benefits at Prime Healthcare (per eligibility)