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Inova Health System
Alexandria, Virginia

Speech Pathologist (SLP) Acute Care PRN

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes weekendsNo nightsPer Diem

Compensation

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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 pathologyClinical documentationPatient treatmentCollaboration

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).

Speech-Language Pathology by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score5.1 / 10 · above average in speech language pathologyranked against 6,751 Speech Language Pathology listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost of livingVirginia index 101.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Speech-Language Pathology listings in Virginia178 active6,751 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 10% remote · 52% no call · 46% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedVirginia Speech-Language Pathologist listings: 13% state a sign-on bonus · 13% offer loan repayment202 active listings, Nov 2026
New Speech-Language Pathology listings2,421 in the last 30 days1,431 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,751 Speech Language Pathology listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

30 jobs
10
<$110k
5
$110k-125k
9
$125k-140k
3
$140k-155k
3
$156k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

29 jobs
401k / retirement match
83% this job
CME allowance
45%
Loan repayment
31%
Sign-on bonus
21%
Relocation assistance
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$65-$75/hr
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#3

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 5.1
Better work-life than 70% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,751 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes weekends
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About Inova Health System

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

Benefits & Perks

Retirement: 401k with 5% match starting day one
Mental Health Support: 25 free coaching/therapy sessions per person per year for team members and family
PRN schedule with 2 weekend shifts per month

Living in Alexandria

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$700k
Typical market rent
$2,275/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 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.