Speech Language Pathologist

HCA Healthcare; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support and counseling

Paid time off and family leave

401(k) with match

Job summary

TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, TN, part of HCA Healthcare, is hiring a Speech Language Pathologist to help patients improve communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities through skilled, evidence-based care.

The role offers a collaborative rehabilitation team, a well-resourced environment with clear caseloads and streamlined workflows, and opportunities to educate patients and families on therapy goals and progress.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required for practice as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP).
• SLP licensure or eligibility is implied by role responsibilities.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) or CPR must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities using structured assessments and clinical observation.
• Developing and adjusting individualized treatment plans for communication and safe swallowing.
• Documenting evaluations, daily notes, progress updates, and discharge summaries.
• Educating patients and families on therapy goals, safety, home strategies, and expected progress.
• Collaborating with physicians and rehabilitation teams to support coordinated care.

Skills

Speech-Language Pathologist

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Speech Language Pathologist

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Speech Therapist (SLP),you'llhelp patients improve their communication, cognitive, andswallowingabilities through skilled, evidence-based care. Your role is key in helping patients make progress and independence while working closely with a supportive, collaborative rehabilitation team.You'llhave the opportunity to practice in a well-resourced, consistent environment that values your clinical judgement and protects your time through clear caseloads, streamlined workflows, and network-backed clinical collaboration.

Your role will include:

• Evaluatingcommunication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities using structured assessments, standardized tools, and clinical observation
• Developing and adjustingindividualized treatment plans that support communication clarity, safe swallowing, and functional progress
• Documentingevaluations, daily notes, progress updates, and discharge summaries with accuracy and timeliness
• Educatingpatients and families on therapy goals, safety recommendations, home strategies, and expected progress
• Collaboratingwith physicians, nursing teams, rehabilitation staff, and care managers to support coordinated care and smooth transitions

What qualifications you will need:

• (SLP) Speech-Language Pathologist
• Masters Degree
• Basic Cardiac Life Support, or CPR must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

Benefits

TriStar Skyline Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

TriStar Skyline Medical Center is a 350+ bed facility. We are Tennessee's first comprehensive stroke center, a state designated Level 1 Trauma Center and a national leader in neuroscience. In addition, we are equipped with 3 helipads, new ICU and Medical/Surgical floors, and burn care services. We offer a CARF accredited Inpatient Rehabilitation program, an Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI and serves the North Nashville community as a leading provider of emergency heart care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.