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Seattle, Washington

Speech Language Pathologist TPT

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

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Job Summary

Provide evaluation, diagnosis, evidence based treatment, and prevention measures to patients related to speech, language, learning, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing/feeding and fluency disorders. Develop and implement patient care plans.

Provide patient care within an integrated Care Delivery (IGP) model including coordinated care with physicians, family and other team members with regards to diagnosis, intervention and progress. Fulfill all documentation and coding requirements.

Follow Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington and departmental policies and procedures. Comply with all regulatory requirements.

Essential Responsibilities

Evaluate, diagnose and provide treatment for speech, language/learning, cognitive-communication, swallowing and fluency disorders.

Complete required procedure or visit documentation and coding.

Contribute to program development and quality activities. Meet continuing education, certification and training requirements.

Provide feedback to team per integrated Care Delivery model.

Basic Qualifications

Experience

Minimum nine (9) months experience as a clinical speech-language pathologist. Paid clinical speech-language pathologist fellowship experience may be considered towards the experience requirement.

Education

  • Masters degree in communication disorders or speech-language pathology.
  • License, Certification, Registration
  • Speech-Language Pathologist License (Washington) required at hire
  • Basic Life Support required at hire

Additional Requirements

Clinical competence for age(s), populations, and disorders based on job site location that may include; autism spectrum disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, feeding aversion, adult neurogenic disorder, dysphagia, speech, language, fluency, voice, and cognitive-communication.

  • Must be proficient with computers including Word, Excel, Epic, SonaSpeech.
  • Completed Clinical Fellowship.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Five (5) years of clinical experience.
  • Lee Silverman Voice Treatment Certification obtained shortly after date of hire/transfer.
  • Expert level of competence with skills that include specialty training in FEES, videofluoroscopy, videostroboscopy,
  • American Sign Language, PROMPT, and accent modification.

Key Responsibilities

Provide evaluation, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment for patients with speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders. Collaborate within an integrated care delivery model to develop patient care plans and maintain accurate documentation.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in communication disorders or speech-language pathology and a Washington state license. Candidates must have at least nine months of clinical experience and be proficient in relevant clinical software.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Treatment planningFeeding disordersMicrosoft WordMicrosoft Excel

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist TPT at Kaiser Permanente a 7.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,691 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

In Washington, the Speech-Language Pathology weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$106k (34 salary observations; 53 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (776 salary observations; 2,889 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 50% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

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

The cost-of-living index for Washington is 107.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Washington clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution33 jobs · 31 employers

10
<$100k
7
$100k-120k
4
$120k-140k
10
$140k-160k
2
$160k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs · 31 employers

401k / retirement match
88%
CME allowance
56% this job
Sign-on bonus
15%
Loan repayment
15%
PSLF eligible
15%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$55.68-$83.79/hr
#2

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$65-$80/hr
#3

Full -Time Private School Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

$65-$75/hr
#4

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$65-$75/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 7.1
Among the best 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings for work-life

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

Living in Seattle

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$881k
Typical market rent
$2,234/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
111.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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