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Alexandria, Virginia

Speech Pathologist (SLP) Inpatient Rehab PRN

Speech-Language PathologistIncludes callIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Inova Mt Vernon Hospital is looking for a dedicated Speech Pathologist (SLP) to join our inpatient rehab 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 Qualification

  • Speech Pathologist (SLP) experience in the 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 documentation in an inpatient rehab setting. They are also responsible for mentoring new staff and collaborating with families to optimize patient outcomes.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology and possess a valid Virginia state license. A BLS certification from the American Heart Association is also required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Speech pathologyTreatment planningPatient careRehabilitation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Pathologist (SLP) Inpatient Rehab PRN at Inova a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,691 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% 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 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

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution34 jobs · 31 employers

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

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 31 employers

401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
57%
Sign-on bonus
17%
Loan repayment
14%
PSLF eligible
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$55.68-$83.79/hr
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$65-$80/hr
#3

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.1
Better work-life than 70% of Speech Language Pathology listings

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

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Alexandria

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$703k
Typical market rent
$2,285/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 (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: Inova matches first 5% of eligible contributions
Mental Health Support: 25 sessions per person per year at no cost