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Springfield, Missouri

Speech Pathologist $10K Sign on Bonus

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

  • $10K Sign on Bonus
  • Full-time days
  • Make a Meaningful Impact—One Home at a Time!

Are you a passionate Speech Therapist ready to bring life-changing care directly to patients in the comfort of their homes? Join our dedicated home health team and help adults overcome speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing challenges. From aural rehabilitation to innovative AAC solutions, your expertise will empower individuals to communicate more clearly and live more fully.

  • Join Us Today!
  • Attractive pay
  • $80,000-$124,000/yr

What's in It for You

  • Choice of PPO or HSA medical plans with free telehealth.
  • Paid time off.
  • Up to $1,000 in free healthcare services with Amedisys HSA plan.
  • Up to $500 in wellness rewards for activities-use for spa, gym, sports, hobbies, pets and more.*
  • Mental health support with up to five free counseling sessions through the Employee Assistance program.
  • 401(k) with a company match.
  • Family support with infertility treatment coverage*, adoption reimbursement, paid parental and family caregiver leave.
  • Fleet vehicle program (restrictions apply) and mileage reimbursement.
  • And more.

*Benefit eligibility can vary by position and shift status.

*Participation requires enrollment in an Amedisys medical plan.

Responsibilities

Responsible for working to prevent, assess, diagnose and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive communication and swallowing disorders in adults.

Provides aural rehabilitation for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing and provides augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for individuals with severe expressive and/or language comprehension disorders.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Current, unencumbered license to practice speech pathology specific to that state you are assigned to work.

Current Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)* with completed graduate course work and a clinical practicum at a college or university whose program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA).

  • Current CPR certification.
  • Preferred
  • One (1+) year of experience in speech pathology.

*Note: If the SLP - CCC certification has not been obtained the candidate must be put into the SLP Clinical Fellow (100910) job. Clinical Fellowship (CFY) is the transition between student and independent which involves an SLP supervisor, hour requirements and mentoring.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Cognitive-communication therapySwallowing disorder treatmentPatient assessmentDiagnosisClinical documentationSpeech therapyLanguage therapy

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 40% have no call, 55% 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 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

23 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution23 jobs · 13 employers

13
<$100k
1
$103k
0
$120k-140k
8
$140k-160k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs · 13 employers

401k / retirement match
91% this job
CME allowance
36%
Loan repayment
27%
Sign-on bonus
23% this job
Relocation assistance
23%

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

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP

$65-$75/hr
#4

Home Health Speech Language Pathologist, SLP - Contra Costa

Up to $140,000
+ 21 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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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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Benefits & Perks

Choice of PPO or HSA medical plans with free telehealth
Paid time off
Up to $1,000 in free healthcare services with HSA plan
Up to $500 in wellness rewards
Mental health support with up to five free counseling sessions
401(k) with company match
Family support with infertility treatment coverage, adoption reimbursement, paid parental and family caregiver leave
Fleet vehicle program and mileage reimbursement