Speech Language Pathologist - PRN Weekends

Speech-Language PathologistNo callNo weekendsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$50-$55/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about nights and shift pattern and time off.

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Job Description

Our Company

Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Overview

Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) PRN / Paid-Per-HourNeuro-Focused Home & Community Rehab Make your weekends count (and get paid an incentive rate to do it!) We're now offering a unique weekend-only option that comes with a sweet incentive pay boost.

It’s the perfect, low-stress way to elevate your clinical skills and your paycheck without touching your Monday-Friday routine. CAREER NOTE: Looking for full-time work instead? We are actively offering a $10,000 Sign-On Bonus for select full-time, salaried roles in our regional hubs!

Position Type: PRN / Per Diem

Compensation

  • Clinical & On-Site Documentation Rate: Competitive HOURLY rates / Paid-Per-Hour!
  • Dedicated Drive Time Rate: $40.00 / hour (Paid for qualifying travel time in accordance with company routing policies)
  • Travel Support: Mileage reimbursement
  • PRN Openings: We build tight, localized patient routes. PRN clinicians are matched only to the specific geographic hub closest to their home base:
  • Southern Hub: Portland area
  • Central Hub: Augusta & Waterville area
  • Midcoast Hub: Thomaston area
  • Penobscot / Eastern Hub: Dexter & Bucksport area

Why Clinicians Love This PRN Role

Paid for Your Commute: Unlike traditional models where driving cuts into your pay, we offer a separate hourly rate for your qualifying drive time between sessions, plus mileage reimbursement, according to our hub's routing guidelines.

Zero Take-Home Paperwork: Documentation is built directly into your on-site treatment block and paid at your full clinical rate. Everything is buttoned up 100% on-site so work stays at work.

Thoughtful, Clustered Scheduling: We respect your time and gas tank. We build your caseload intentionally within your regional hub to keep you local—no "road warriors" here.

Ultimate Flexibility & Autonomy: Full control over your week, caseload size, and schedule layout with 1:1 focused patient care.

Neuro-Focused, Functional Caseloads: High-quality, meaningful rehab where you see real-world progress.

About the Role

This is not a traditional clinic-based speech therapy role. We deliver neuro-focused rehabilitation in home and community settings—where communication, cognition, and swallowing challenges show up in real life. You will help adult patients rebuild the ability to communicate, think, and participate in daily life after a neurological injury or illness. What You Will Support:

  • Cognitive-communication recovery
  • Speech and language rehabilitation
  • Swallowing and functional safety

Real-world Communication in Home and Community Settings

If you want to see real functional communication progress—not just structured therapy tasks—this is the kind of work that stays with you.

Responsibilities Listed Include But Not Limited To

Perform evaluations and develop treatment plans of patients with speech, language, cognitive and swallowing disorders

Regularly re-assess effectiveness of treatment plans, attend staffing meetings and family conferences

Perform discharge evaluations, make appropriate recommendations for home and community safety, and provide referral and education resources

Communicate patient’s needs and progress to the treatment team, physician, person receiving services and family members

Communicates with other disciplines to ensure collaboration, coordination of care and enhance patient outcomes

Qualifications

What You Will Need

  • Minimum of a Master’s Degree from an accredited Speech Language Pathology program
  • Valid Speech Language Pathology license in the state(s) of practice
  • Current CPR Certification in accordance with state regulations
  • A minimum of one year’s work experience as a Speech Language Pathologist
  • Demonstrates knowledge of rehabilitation techniques related to complex neurological injury preferred
  • Communicates effectively and professionally in verbal and written interactions
  • Ability to lift 50 pounds
  • Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients which may involve lifting of up to 100 pounds following safety procedures
  • Duties require fine motor skills, visual acuity, and walking/ standing for extended periods

Additional physical requirements include: pushing/pulling, bending/stooping, reaching, kneeling, and positioning frequently at times

A health screen or examination may be required prior to assignment and periodically thereafter, depending on specific location policy, local and state regulations to verify employee is physically capable of performing assigned duties with or without reasonable accommodations

About Our Line of Business

Rehab Without Walls, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a revolutionary neurorehabilitation program that moves individuals outside the walls of institutional settings and into their natural home and community environment through a continuum of care.

It is designed to significantly help people who have primarily experienced a brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke/CVA through accident or illness regain functional capabilities.

By providing care in the home, community, workplace, or school, Rehab Without Walls promotes greater health through the recovery process, all with industry-leading outcomes that dramatically improve functional skills and independence for patients. For more information, please visit rehabwithoutwalls.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Salary Range

USD $50.00 - $55.00 / Hour

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Cognitive-Communication RehabilitationSwallowing Assessment and TreatmentPatient EvaluationTreatment PlanningTreatment Plan ReassessmentDischarge EvaluationNeurological RehabilitationPatient and Family EducationCare CoordinationInterdisciplinary CollaborationClinical DocumentationCommunication Skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist - PRN Weekends at Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,778 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 55% have no call, 35% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Speech-Language Pathology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score7.1 / 10 · top 10% in speech language pathologyranked against 6,778 Speech Language Pathology listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$104k–$114kSpeech-Language Pathology median $88k (middle half $84k–$89k)15 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$112k in purchasing powerMaine index 97.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Speech-Language Pathology listings in Maine63 active6,920 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 10% remote · 55% no call · 35% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Speech-Language Pathology pay trend+4.2% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,778 Speech Language Pathology listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

25 jobs
7
<$125k
4
$125k-140k
8
$140k-155k
6
$155k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

33 jobs · 27 employers
401k / retirement match
82%
CME allowance
45%
Sign-on bonus
9% this job
Loan repayment
6%
Relocation assistance
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 7.1
Among the best 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,778 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No weekends
  • On-site
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About Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Hospitals and Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Weekend incentive pay
Dedicated drive time rate ($40/hour)
Mileage reimbursement
Paid documentation time
Clustered scheduling
Flexible schedule
1:1 focused patient care
$10,000 sign-on bonus for select full-time roles

Living in Waterville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$254k
Typical market rent
$1,342/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 7.2%
Sources & methodology

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

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