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Portland, Oregon

Speech Language Pathologist - RIO

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$48.69-$69.65/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 54m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Your greatest reward is helping patients communicate and thrive in the life they love. As a Speech Language Therapist, you will assess, plan, and implement personalized treatment programs designed to achieve the best possible outcomes. If you share this passion and enjoy collaborating within a multidisciplinary team, we invite you to explore this rewarding opportunity.

This position is in RIO.

Responsibilities

Evaluation and Treatment Planning

  • Consistently identifies patients’ subjective and objective limitations.
  • Incorporates age and disability appropriate assessment tools and procedures.
  • Develops specific, effective, and individualized therapeutic programs with measurable long and short-term goals, including projected timeframes for achievement.
  • Maximizes patient and caregiver participation in goal-setting and discharge planning.
  • Coordinates treatment plans with interdisciplinary team members.

Treatment Implementation

  • Utilizes age-appropriate treatment skills aligned with level of experience.
  • Performs modalities and procedures in compliance with established professional standards.
  • Applies a variety of techniques tailored to each patient’s unique needs.
  • Ensures treatment progression aligns with established goals.
  • Demonstrates clinical reasoning and judgment to support the treatment plan.
  • Regularly updates and revises treatment plans to address new problems, changes in patient status, or functional limitations.
  • Actively involves patients and caregivers in treatment to promote functional outcomes.
  • Provides education and opportunities for functional carryover through home exercise programs.

Documentation

Produces legible, accurate, timely, and concise documentation including medical records, letters to physicians, communication with payors/vendors, daily flow sheets, and progress notes.

Patient/Family Education

  • Tailors education to meet the age and educational level of patients and families.
  • Recognizes and respects patient and family belief systems.
  • Designs educational programs that align with realistic patient and family goals.
  • Provides written and verbal home education materials to patients and caregivers.

Qualifications

Education

As required by licensure.

Skill Requirements

  • Knowledge of medical and neurological terminology and behavioral management techniques.
  • Exceptional verbal and written skills.

Demonstrates competency, as appropriate to the ages of patients served, in the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs; a knowledge of normal growth and development; and an understanding of the range of treatment needed by these patients.

  • Must have excellent organizational skills to facilitate program development.
  • Computer skills.

Licensure

Current applicable state license as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) required.

Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from American Speech and Hearing Association required or in the process of obtaining through their Clinical Fellowship Year. Certificate of Clinical Competence only required upon initial hire in the Legacy System or demonstrate evidence of past Certificate of Clinical Competence.

BLS for Providers certification from the American Heart Association required.

Pay Range

USD $48.69 - USD $69.65 /Hr.

Our Commitment to Health and Equal Opportunity

Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

To learn more about our employee benefits click here: legacyhealth.org

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentSpeech-Language TherapyInterdisciplinary CollaborationPatient and Caregiver EducationMedical DocumentationVerbal Communication

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 57% have no call, 48% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Speech-Language Pathology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$101k–$145kSpeech-Language Pathology median $104k (middle half $94k–$115k)306 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$119k in purchasing powerOregon index 103.4 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Speech-Language Pathology listings in Oregon82 active6,921 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 8% remote · 57% no call · 48% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS speech-language pathologist listings (all specialties): 10% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Speech-Language Pathology listings2,460 in the last 30 days1,371 the 30 days before (+79%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Speech-Language Pathology pay trend+4.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

26 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

26 jobs · 19 employers
5
<$110k
3
$110k-135k
14
$135k-160k
2
$160k-185k
2
$185k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

20 jobs · 19 employers
401k / retirement match
70%
CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
35%
Loan repayment
35%
Relocation assistance
25%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Voice Speech Language Pathologist

Sutter Health · San Francisco, California

$142k-$199k
#2

Speech Language Pathologist ContractorContract

Cole Health · Schertz, Texas

$80-$90/hr
#3

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP

$72-$80/hr
#4

Pediatric Outpatient Speech Pathologist

$49.36-$78.25/hr
+ 24 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,873 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Portland

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$523k
Typical market rent
$1,719/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
105.4
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.