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Speech Pathologist (SLP) Acute Care PRN

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes callIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our Acute Care team. This is role will be PRN/as needed requiring at least 16 hrs/month with one weekend shift

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits

  • Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
  • Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Speech Pathologist (SLP) Job Responsibilities

  • Demonstrates advanced clinical expertise in patient evaluation treatment and documentation.
  • Collaborates with the patient and/or family whenever possible to set treatment priorities and select activities that maximize participation in the treatment process as evidenced by feedback and observation.
  • Demonstrates creativity, diversity and resourcefulness to gain patient involvement, to accommodate special circumstances or needs of the patient or adapt the treatment environment to optimize patient responses evidenced by team feedback and observation.
  • Provides clinical mentoring and operational guidance, education, and/or supervision to new or less experienced staff, students and support personnel.

Acts as an approachable, tactful mentor in all situations. Takes a proactive role with new or inexperienced staff in developing their clinical and administrative skills as evidenced by staff feedback and outcomes of mentoring efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Education: Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology (SLP)
  • Licensure: Speech Language Pathologist licensed (Virginia)
  • Certification: BLS from the American Heart Association.

Preferred Qualification

  • Acute care experience as an SLP

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience.

And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

The SLP is responsible for providing advanced clinical expertise in patient evaluation, treatment, and documentation within an acute care setting. They also provide clinical mentoring and operational guidance to new staff and students.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology and a valid Virginia state license. BLS certification from the American Heart Association is required, with acute care experience preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningClinical DocumentationPatient Collaboration

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 48% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution31 jobs · 27 employers

10
<$100k
6
$100k-120k
4
$120k-140k
10
$140k-160k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 27 employers

401k / retirement match
88% this job
CME allowance
59%
Sign-on bonus
16%
Loan repayment
13%
PSLF eligible
13%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,691 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends
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About Inova

Hospitals and Health Care
Falls Church, Virginia
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Retirement: Inova matches first 5% of eligible contributions
Mental Health Support: 25 therapy sessions per person per year at no cost