Speech Pathologist - OP Therapy Teleservices - PRN

Facility:

Remote Missouri: 1423 North Jefferson Avenue, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65802

Department:

1340 OP Therapy Teleservices Meyer

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

30

Hours:

Varied (school hours/as needed)

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
• Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.​
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description:

About Us
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care by Newsweek.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek in 2024.
• Recognized as the Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads in 2023.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits
• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Overview of Unit/Department
OP Therapy Teleservices provides high-quality speech teletherapy services to both rural school districts and healthcare patients. CoxHealth partners with contracted rural schools to deliver school-based speech therapy, while also offering direct teletherapy care to CoxHealth outpatients.

School-based positions are PRN, offering guaranteed hours throughout the school year and following the academic calendar, making them ideal for providers seeking a flexible yet stable schedule. In the outpatient setting, teletherapy services operate on a consistent weekly schedule with dedicated, pre-scheduled patients to ensure continuity of care.

All providers work remotely, allowing clinicians the convenience and flexibility of delivering care from home while maintaining meaningful connections with their students and patients.

Job Summary
Speech-language pathologists assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders in children and adults. They will develop or implement treatment plans for problems that include, but are not limited to, stuttering, delayed language, swallowing disorders, inappropriate pitch or harsh voice problems, and social communication disorders.

Job Requirements

Education:
▪ Required: Master’s Degree in Speech Pathology/Communicative Disorders and Sciences

Experience:
▪ Preferred: Prior one year hospital/health care related experience

Skills:
▪ Good clinical expertise, human relations skills and organizational skills required.
▪ Self-motivated individual who can work independently with little direct supervision required
▪ Has demonstrated interest in professional growth by attendance at continuing education workshops, and applications of new principles and/or techniques.
▪ Must have good communication skills and a positive attitude

Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ Required: License of Speech Therapy active in the state of Missouri, CCC or CFY candidate