Local Contract Speech Language Pathologist - $51 per hour

Local contract position in Charles Town, WV. 13-week assignment, 40 hours per week (minimum 35 guaranteed), shift 8:00 AM–4:30 PM. Start date: 11/02/2026. Job ID #26-35095.

About the role

The Speech Language Pathologist will primarily provide outpatient rehabilitation services in an in-home setting for the older adult population. The in-home setting could be a patient's private residence or a patient's room in an assisted living or independent living facility. This position provides a flexible schedule and work environment in various settings, allowing the clinician to evaluate and treat in the most functional environment — the patient's home. The SLP organizes and provides speech-language services to facilitate rehabilitation, directs patient participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and facilitates learning of skills essential for communication and swallowing to diminish or remediate disorders or deficits.

Responsibilities

• Supervise CFYs, temporary licensees, students, and support personnel in accordance with state licensure requirements and professional standards.
• Adhere to department and patient treatment schedules, timely clinical and billing documentation, and work-related meetings.
• Attend and contribute to patient care, staffing conferences, and other related meetings.
• Make referrals to other disciplines and agencies to address comprehensive patient needs.
• Consult with rehabilitation team members and physicians to select the most appropriate therapeutic regimen for each patient.
• Adapt programs and/or plans of care according to individual patient needs.
• Promote a safe environment and enforce elimination of fire and safety hazards.
• Order supplies and equipment as necessary.
• Clean, maintain, identify, and report the need for repair of equipment.
• Prioritize patient service, ensuring residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring, compassionate atmosphere that recognizes individual needs and rights.
• Screen, examine, and evaluate patients — including history, systems review, and application of appropriate tests and measures — synthesize information, interpret findings to establish a diagnosis, identify impairments, determine predicted level of improvement and time required, identify precautions/contraindications, and design a plan of care.
• Develop appropriate treatment goals and methods in collaboration with the patient and caregivers, implement the speech-language pathology treatment plan, and complete all related documentation and record keeping.
• Provide therapeutic techniques in areas including: cognitive-communication, speech intelligibility, oral motor skills, swallowing disorders/dysphagia, perceptual abilities, orientation, memory, pragmatics, psychosocial expression, functional communication, and case management skills in the home and community.
• Coordinate acquisition of adaptive communication devices and instruct patients in their use.
• Facilitate identification of hearing deficits and appropriately refer for assessment, diagnosis, rehabilitation, and/or personal amplification.
• Select activities suited to the individual's physical and mental capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
• Instruct patients in skills and techniques required for participation in therapeutic activities, and evaluate patient progress, attitudes, and behavior as related to rehabilitative potential.
• Perform routine reexamination as needed to modify or progress the plan of treatment.
• Coordinate care in the home and community with interdisciplinary team members in collaboration with the referring physician.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Valid Speech Language Pathologist license in the state(s) of practice, or proof of license eligibility.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), or eligibility to participate as an ASHA Clinical Fellow.
• Valid driver's license or reliable, independent transportation to and from patients' residences.

Skills

• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Compliance

• Comply with applicable legal requirements, standards, policies, and procedures including the Compliance and Ethics Program, Standard/Code of Conduct, Federal False Claims Act, and HIPAA.
• Participate in required orientation and training programs.
• Promptly report concerns and suspected incidences of non-compliance to supervisor, Compliance Liaison, or Compliance Officer via the Integrity Hotline.
• Cooperate with monitoring, audit functions, and investigations.
• Participate, as requested, in quality assurance and process improvement activities.

Schedule

• Shift: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (8-hour shift)
• 40 hours per week (minimum 35 hours guaranteed)
• 13-week contract duration
• Start date: 11/02/2026