Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) - PRN

Speech-Language PathologistPer Diem

Listed compensation

$50-$60/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

Our Company

Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Overview

  • Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) PRN
  • Home & Community Neuro Rehabilitation | Tacoma, WA

Make an Impact Where Life Happens

Rehab Without Walls is seeking a PRN Speech Language Pathologist to join our Home & Community team in Tacoma, Washington. This flexible opportunity allows you to provide one on one therapy in real world environments, helping individuals with neurological and complex conditions improve communication, cognition, and independence where it matters most.

Why Join Rehab Without Walls?

  • Flexible PRN schedule that fits your availability
  • One on one patient focused care
  • Paid for all your time, including drive time at your clinical rate plus mileage reimbursement
  • Clinical autonomy and work life balance
  • Collaborative interdisciplinary team support
  • Continuing education and professional development opportunities
  • A national leader in neuro rehabilitation serving 21 states and growing since 1995

What Makes Our Program Different?

  • Therapy is delivered where meaningful progress happens, at home and in the community
  • Help patients navigate real life communication and cognitive challenges in everyday environments
  • Build strong patient relationships through individualized, functional treatment plans
  • Make a lasting impact on independence, confidence, and quality of life

If you're looking for flexibility, meaningful one on one care, and the opportunity to make a real difference while being compensated for all of your clinical time, we'd love to connect.

Apply today and join Rehab Without Walls in Tacoma, WA.

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

Communicates 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
  • 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. For more information, please visit rehabwithoutwalls.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Salary Range

USD $50.00 - $60.00 / Hour

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationTreatment PlanningSpeech and Language TherapyCognitive RehabilitationSwallowing Disorder TreatmentNeurological RehabilitationDischarge EvaluationPatient Safety AssessmentPatient and Family EducationInterdisciplinary CollaborationCare CoordinationCommunication Skills

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 40 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 45% have no call, 38% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Speech-Language Pathology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$104k–$125kSpeech-Language Pathology median $119k (middle half $111k–$126k)235 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$107k in purchasing powerWashington index 107.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Speech-Language Pathology listings in Washington147 active6,874 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 10% remote · 45% no call · 38% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedWashington speech-language pathologist listings (all specialties): 4% state a sign-on bonus · 3% offer loan repayment163 active listings, Nov 2026
New Speech-Language Pathology listings2,494 in the last 30 days1,341 the 30 days before (+86%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Speech-Language Pathology pay trend+3.8% 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.

Location & Logistics

Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$114k midpoint, that is roughly $5k–$8k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

25 jobs
9
<$120k
3
$120k-135k
9
$135k-150k
3
$150k-165k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

32 jobs · 27 employers
401k / retirement match
66%
CME allowance
44% this job
Sign-on bonus
28%
Loan repayment
25%
Relocation assistance
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Speech-Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow

Dragonfly Cares · Dix Hills, New York

$65-$90/hr
#2

Speech TherapistPer Diem

Concierge Home Care · Panama City, Florida

$64-$74/hr
#3

Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)

$65-$70/hr
#4

Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) PRN

$54-$65/hr
+ 38 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 2.8
Better work-life than 50% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,837 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Hospitals and Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible PRN schedule
Paid drive time at clinical rate
Mileage reimbursement
Continuing education
Clinical autonomy
Work-life balance

Living in Tacoma

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$483k
Typical market rent
$1,773/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
111.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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