Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - Part-Time / PRN

BrightSpring Health Services; Bucksport (ME); Hybrid; USD 68,880 - 75,768; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Schedule

Paid per hour plus documentation time

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

BrightSpring Health Services is hiring a Speech-Language Pathologist to provide neuro-focused rehabilitation in home and community settings. This unique role allows for clinical autonomy and flexibility, focusing on real-life communication and cognitive challenges faced by patients.

Ideal candidates will have at least a Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology and a valid license. Responsibilities include evaluating patients and developing treatment plans, ensuring effective recovery in their daily lives. Hourly pay ranges from $50.00 to $55.00.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Master’s Degree from an accredited Speech Language Pathology program.
• Valid Speech Language Pathology license in the state of practice.
• Current CPR Certification according to state regulations.
• A minimum of one year’s work experience as a Speech Language Pathologist.

Responsibilities

• Perform evaluations and develop treatment plans for patients with speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders.
• Re-assess treatment plans regularly and attend staffing meetings.
• Communicate patient's needs and progress to the treatment team and family members.
• Provide referral and education resources for home and community safety.

Skills

Cognitive-communication recovery

Speech and language rehabilitation

Swallowing safety

Communication skills

Education

Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology

Job description

Overview

Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) - Neuro Home & Community. This is not a traditional clinic-based speech therapy role. We are hiring a Speech‑Language Pathologist to deliver neuro-focused rehabilitation in home and community settings—where communication, cognition, and swallowing challenges show up in real life. You will help patients rebuild the ability to communicate, think, and participate in daily life after neurological injury or illness. This role is ideal for SLPs who want clinical autonomy, flexibility, and meaningful, relationship-based neuro rehab work.

In this role you will support:

• Cognitive-communication recovery
• Speech and language rehabilitation
• Swallowing and functional safety
• Real-world communication in home/community settings

What sets this role apart:

• Full schedule flexibility and autonomy
• 1:1 focused patient care
• Neuro rehab specialization
• Paid hourly + documentation time
• Mileage reimbursement + drive time pay
• Long-term patient continuity

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

Who we are looking for

• An experienced SLP, enthusiastic about providing functional rehabilitation wherever life happens, whether at home, school, work, or in the community.
• You are ready to treat your patient beyond a staged environment into real life experiences like cooking in their kitchen, navigating grocery stores, restaurants, outdoor activities, and the workplace.
• You thrive in an autonomous setting, and value being a part of a collaborative team of dynamic therapists.

What you will receive

• Flexible Schedule Created by You
• Paid per hour (not just per visit)
• Driving, Travel, Mileage Reimbursement
• Educational Programs
• Growth/Advancement Opportunities

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.
• Communicate 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.

Salary Range

USD $50.00 - $55.00 / Hour