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BAYADA Home Health Care
North Bergen, New Jersey

Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$65-$75/hr

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) – Home Health | Per Diem

North Bergen, NJ | Serving Hudson County

At BAYADA Home Health Care we believe our clients deserve care delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability in the comfort of their own homes. We are currently seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our growing team on a per diem basis supporting adult and geriatric clients throughout Hudson County, NJ.

This is an excellent opportunity for an SLP looking for flexibility, autonomy, and meaningful one-on-one patient care.

  • Why You’ll Love This Opportunity
  • Flexible per diem scheduling
  • Manageable geographic territories
  • One-on-one patient care in the home setting
  • Supportive multidisciplinary team environment
  • Tablet-based documentation and streamlined technology
  • Career growth, training, and scholarship opportunities
  • Recognition for the impact you make every day
  • What You’ll Do
  • As a Home Health Speech Language Pathologist, you will:
  • Provide in-home speech therapy evaluations and treatments for adult and geriatric clients
  • Assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, communication, cognitive, and swallowing disorders
  • Develop individualized treatment plans in collaboration with physicians and care teams
  • Modify care plans as patient needs evolve
  • Educate patients and caregivers to promote safety, independence, and improved quality of life
  • Collaborate closely with nurses, therapists, and interdisciplinary team members
  • Complete timely electronic documentation using a tablet-based EMR system

Qualifications

  • Current NJ Speech Language Pathologist license required
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) preferred
  • Home health experience preferred but not required
  • Strong communication and organizational skills
  • Comfortable with electronic documentation/EMR systems

Benefits & Perks

  • At BAYADA, our employees are our greatest asset. We offer:
  • Competitive pay
  • PTO and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits (eligibility based on status)
  • Career advancement opportunities and clinical support
  • Ongoing training and professional development
  • A values-driven culture that truly supports its clinicians
  • Join a company where you can make a lasting difference one patient at a time.
  • Apply today to learn more about this rewarding opportunity with BAYADA Home Health Care.

Additional Information

  • Base Pay, depending upon qualifications and subject to negotiation:
  • $65.00 - $75.00 per point

As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.

BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration and how you can join in here.

BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers.

All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.

Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

Key Responsibilities

The Speech Language Pathologist will conduct in-home evaluations and provide treatments for adult and geriatric clients with speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders. They will also collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and maintain accurate electronic documentation for patient care plans.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Language therapyCognitive disorder treatmentSwallowing disorder treatmentPatient evaluationTreatment planningElectronic medical recordsPatient educationInterdisciplinary collaborationGeriatric careAdult care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist at BAYADA Home Health Care 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 6,691 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

In New Jersey, the Speech-Language Pathology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$105k (24 salary observations; 45 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (776 salary observations; 2,889 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 35% have no call, 53% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution28 jobs · 24 employers

7
<$120k
2
$125k
13
$135k-150k
5
$156k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs · 24 employers

401k / retirement match
87%
CME allowance
60%
Sign-on bonus
10%
PSLF eligible
7%
Loan repayment
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - Pediatric Home Health

Pivot Home Health · Brighton, Colorado

$166k – $193k
#2

Acute Care Speech Language Pathologist - CPMC Van Ness Campus

Sutter Health · San Francisco, California

$65.01-$91.01/hr
#3

Part-Time Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

$60-$70/hr
#4

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) On-Call

$65-$70/hr
+ 37 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 7.1
Among the best 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,691 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in North Bergen Township

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$654k
Typical market rent
$2,856/mo
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About BAYADA Home Health Care

Hospitals and Health Care
Pennsauken Township, New Jersey
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible per diem scheduling
PTO
Medical, dental, vision benefits
Career advancement opportunities
Ongoing training