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Falls Church, Virginia

Speech Pathologist SLP Pediatrics Rehab PRN

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes callIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our Pediatrics Rehab team. This is role will be PRN/as needed requiring at least a weekend shift per month.

Inova L.J. Murphy Children's Hospital is an award-winning, full-service children's hospital that offers the highest level of dedicated pediatric care in Northern Virginia. Our pediatric rehab team provides therapy services to the 226-bed pediatric hospital which includes a level IV NICU, PICU, Cardiac Unit, Intermediate Care Unit, Medical/Surgical Unit, and Hematology/Oncology/Orthopedic and Trauma Unit.

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

  • At least 1 year of infant feeding experience in the NICU setting

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 will provide advanced clinical evaluation, treatment, and documentation for pediatric patients across various specialized units. Additionally, the role involves mentoring new staff and collaborating with families to optimize treatment outcomes.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology, a Virginia state license, and BLS certification. Experience with infant feeding in a NICU setting is preferred.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Treatment DocumentationPatient CollaborationClinical Supervision

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 44% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

45 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution40 jobs · 34 employers

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<$105k
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$105k-125k
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$125k-145k
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$145k-165k
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$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks39 jobs · 34 employers

401k / retirement match
87% this job
CME allowance
62%
Loan repayment
23%
Sign-on bonus
13%
Relocation assistance
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Falls Church

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$781k
Typical market rent
$2,574/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Inova

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

Benefits & Perks

Retirement matching (first 5%)
Mental Health Support (25 free therapy sessions)