Senior Living Speech Therapist Per Diem
Columbia, SCPer Diem$71–106K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Speech Therapist assesses and evaluates patient care needs related to speech and language disorders, communication, swallowing, and cognitive impairments. The therapist helps determine treatment plans, performs interventions, and evaluates patient progress. The role provides care in coordination with the health care team and includes instructing patients, families, caregivers, and team members in areas of speech therapy.
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Requisition number: 2400201
Job category: Healthcare Delivery, Rehabilitation Services
Explore opportunities with LHC Group. As part of the Optum family of businesses, we provide home health, hospice and community-based services that help people receive quality care where they feel most comfortable: at home. Rooted in personalized care, we support patients and provide comfort through each stage of their health journey, while building trusted relationships along the way. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
As the Speech Therapist you are responsible for the assessment and evaluation of patient care needs related to treating speech and language disorders, and functional training in communication, swallowing, and cognitive impairments. Based on this assessment and evaluation, the Speech Therapist works to help determine a treatment plan, performs interventions aimed at improving and enhancing the patient's well-being, and evaluates the patient's progress.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Provides services within the scope of practice as defined by the state laws governing the practice of speech therapy, in accordance with the plan of care, and in coordination with other members of the health care team
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Evaluates the patient's level of function by applying diagnostic and prognostic functional ability tests. Assists the physician in the development of the therapy plan of care
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Treats patients to communicate effectively by expressing thoughts according to the patient's condition using acceptable standards of practice
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Observes, records, and reports to the supervising nurse and/or physician the patient's response to treatment and changes in the patient's condition
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Instructs the patient, the family and/or caregiver and other members of the health care team in areas of speech therapy in which they can participate
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Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
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Licensed in Speech Therapy in the state of residence.
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Current driver's license, vehicle insurance, access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation
Preferred Qualifications:
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Current CPR certification or ability to complete within 90 days of hire
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Available to work a weekend rotation
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $70,992 to $106,488 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Together, we are shaping the future of healthcare by harnessing technology and innovation to make care simpler to navigate, more affordable and more connected for the people we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, heard and respected, empowering people to bring their authentic selves to work and strengthening our collective impact through diverse talents, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
How this job compares
Set against the 891 open Speech Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$71–106K/yr
- US median$75–112K/yr137 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $89K, is 5% below the US median midpoint ($94K) — in the middle half of Speech Therapist salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 17 open Speech Therapist jobs in South Carolina and 891 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Genesis Healthcare140 open
- UnitedHealth Group (this employer)101 open
- HCA Healthcare71 open
- Experience
- Speech Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (216 postings).
- Education
- 502 of the 891 open Speech Therapist jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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