Speech Pathologist (SLP) Acute Care PRN
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Job Description
Inova Alexandria Hospital is looking for a dedicated Speech Pathologist (SLP) to join our acute care team. This role will be PRN requiring 2 weekend shifts per month, 1 minor and 1 major holiday.
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)
- Experience: 0 years of experience as a Speech Language Pathologist
- Certification: BLS from the American Heart Association.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1 year of Speech Pathologist (SLP) experience
- SLP experience in the acute care or hospital 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 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 Speech Pathologist will perform patient evaluations, develop treatment plans, and provide clinical mentoring to staff and students. They will collaborate with families to set treatment priorities and ensure high-quality patient care in an acute setting.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology and a valid Virginia license. A BLS certification from the American Heart Association is also required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context
Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 52% have no call, 46% require no weekends.
Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 5.1 / 10 · above average in speech language pathology | ranked against 6,751 Speech Language Pathology listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Cost of living | Virginia index 101.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Speech-Language Pathology listings in Virginia | 178 active | 6,751 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 10% remote · 52% no call · 46% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Virginia Speech-Language Pathologist listings: 13% state a sign-on bonus · 13% offer loan repayment202 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Speech-Language Pathology listings | 2,421 in the last 30 days | 1,431 the 30 days before (+69%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Speech-Language Pathology pay trend | +4.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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