Speech Language Pathologist
Santa Cruz, CAJob$62.33–72.28/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Speech-Language Pathologist assesses and treats individuals with functional challenges, provides patient and support-network education, and coordinates with other disciplines to implement care programs. The role aims to restore functional abilities and reduce or prevent long-term limitations. The candidate must hold a relevant current license or certification and have clinical experience; one year of experience with varied patient diagnoses is preferred.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Speech-Language Pathologist, you will provide essential assessment and therapy to individuals with various functional challenges.
Every day, you will conduct thorough assessments and deliver targeted therapy, including providing education to patients and their support networks. Your goal is to restore functional abilities and reduce or prevent long-term limitations, helping individuals reach their maximum potential. You will also coordinate closely with other disciplines and implement relevant programs under general direction, ensuring a comprehensive and integrated approach to care.
To be successful in this role, you will possess a current license/certification in a relevant specialty and clinical experience in assessing and treating functional impairments. You will demonstrate exceptional diagnostic, therapeutic, and communication skills, capable of developing individualized treatment plans and effectively educating individuals.
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Utilizes the AIDET principle to communicate with others, with a focus on patients and their families.
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Acknowledge, Introduce, Explain Duration, Thank
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Exhibits behaviors that ensure patient loyalty.
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Utilizes AIDET principle to communicate with others, with a focus on patients and their families.
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Introduces self by giving name and purpose
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Is polite and courteous in communications
Job Requirements
Required
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Masters Other Speech Pathology or Communicative Disorders, upon hire and
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Speech Language Pathologist: CA, upon hire and
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Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Preferred
- One year experience with a variety of patient diagnoses including but not limited to aphasia, dysarthria, dysphagia and cognitive impairment
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1941, Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital is a 188-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Cruz, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a Family Birthing Center. Additionally, Dominican Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has been awarded the AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care.
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Pay Range
$62.33 - $72.28 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,453 open Speech-Language Pathologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$62.33–72.28/hr
- California median$59–70/hr132 hourly ranges
- US median$50–59/hr1,354 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $67.31/hr, is 8% above the California median midpoint ($63/hr) — in the middle half of Speech-Language Pathologist hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 250 open Speech-Language Pathologist jobs in California and 3,453 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Genesis Healthcare40 open
- Amergis24 open
- Health Advocates Network24 open
- Experience
- Speech-Language Pathologist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (954 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 1,622 of the 3,453 open Speech-Language Pathologist jobs (47%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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