Speech Language Pathologist / SLP

Speech-Language PathologistNo weekendsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$60 - $70/hr

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Job Description

Our Company

Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Overview

  • Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) – Flexible / PRN (W2)
  • Rehab Without Walls® Neurorehabilitation | Walnut Creek, CA

Bring Outpatient-Level Therapy Into Real Life

At Rehab Without Walls®, we’re redefining how speech therapy is delivered by bringing outpatient-level care directly to individuals in their homes and communities. Our Home & Community–based care model allows clients to practice communication, cognitive, and swallowing skills in the environments where progress truly matters.

We are seeking an experienced Speech-Language Pathologist for a flexible PRN, W2 role (not 1099) in Walnut Creek, CA. This opportunity offers meaningful autonomy, strong clinical support, and the chance to provide high-impact, real-world care.

Who We’re Looking For

An experienced SLP interested in serving as the primary therapist throughout the full episode of care from evaluation through discharge.

  • Available for approximately 10–20 hours per week, typically serving 2–3 consistent clients.
  • Passionate about functional, real-world rehabilitation delivered beyond traditional clinic walls.
  • Ready to support clients as they transition back to meaningful daily activities, including:
  • Independently managing and picking up prescriptions
  • Returning to driving
  • Transitioning back to work
  • Participating in yoga, light hiking, and community activities

A clinician who thrives with professional autonomy while valuing collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of OTs, PTs, LCSWs, and other rehabilitation professionals.

Why Rehab Without Walls®

We don’t limit therapy to staged environments. By bringing the outpatient experience directly to our clients, we help ensure carryover, relevance, and stronger functional outcomes.

This Role Is W2 PRN Not 1099, Offering

  • Organizational and clinical support
  • Payroll consistency and liability coverage
  • Access to education, leadership, and collaborative team resources
  • PRN flexibility with the stability of an established neurorehabilitation program

What You’ll Receive

  • Flexible Schedule Created by You – Designed collaboratively with each client.
  • Hourly Pay – Paid for your time, not just visits.
  • In-Person, 1:1 Therapy with indirect work completed from home (documentation & communication).
  • Continuity of Care as the Primary Therapist from evaluation through discharge.
  • Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration & Co-Treat Opportunities
  • Drive Time Paid at Your Clinical Rate + Mileage Reimbursement
  • No Weekend Shifts
  • Educational Program Access

Growth & Advancement Opportunities

  • If you’re ready to practice speech-language pathology in a way that’s flexible, functional, and truly patient-centered, we’d love to connect.
  • Apply today and experience Rehab Without Walls® where outpatient therapy meets real life.

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

  • 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 $60.00 - $70.00 / Hour

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningCognitive therapySwallowing therapyInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical assessmentPatient educationFunctional rehabilitationCommunication skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist / SLP 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 6,763 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 46% have no call, 48% 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution28 jobs · 26 employers

6
<$120k
4
$120k-135k
6
$135k-150k
10
$150k-165k
2
$165k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 26 employers

401k / retirement match
79%
CME allowance
66%
Sign-on bonus
5%
Loan repayment
3%
Relocation assistance
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Acute Care Speech Language Pathologist - CPMC Van Ness Campus

Sutter Health · San Francisco, California

$65.01-$91.01/hr
#2

Speech Language PathologistPer Diem

Providence · Santa Monica, California

$48.79-$75.74/hr
#3

Acute (Adult) SLP - Per Diem- Memorial

$52.36-$75.69/hr
#4

Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) On-Call

$65-$70/hr
+ 47 more · ranked by pay

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

  • No weekends

Living in Walnut Creek

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.16M
Typical market rent
$2,959/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
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 Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

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

Benefits & Perks

Flexible schedule
Hourly pay
Drive time paid at clinical rate
Mileage reimbursement
No weekend shifts
Educational program access
Interdisciplinary team collaboration