Pediatric Outpatient Speech-Language Pathologist
Seattle, Washington
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus

Job Opportunity: Therapy/Rehabilitation - Seattle, Washington (Travel/Contract)

Location

• City: Seattle, WA
• Facility: Outpatient Therapy Clinic (Providence Swedish First Hill Campus)

Employment Type

• Travel/Contract
• Contract Length: 13 weeks

Candidate Eligibility

• Perm candidates from other Providence facilities (non-Swedish) are eligible if separated for at least 3 months.
• Unit does not accept first-time travelers.

Job Description

• Work in an outpatient therapy clinic setting.
• Must be comfortable working with children with autism and their families.
• Average visits per day: 8
• Number of rooms: 8
• Documentation system: EPIC (required)

Patient Diagnoses

• Neurodevelopmental challenges
• Developmental delay
• Expressive and receptive language delay
• Stuttering
• Articulation disorders
• Autism
• ADHD
• Behavioral challenges
• Complications from prematurity

Required Skills and Experience

Work Settings

• Pediatric Outpatient (required)
• Preferred: Children's Hospital, Home Health Care, Pediatric Rehab Facility

Adult Skills

• Fluency; Mental, Behavioral, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (required)
• Dysphagia (preferred)

Pediatric Skills

• Autism, Birth Defects, Developmental Delays, Fluency, Language Disorders; Mental, Behavioral, and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (required)
• Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Hearing Impairments, Sign Language, Voice (preferred)

Adaptive Equipment

• Alternative Communication Devices, Communication Board (required)
• Augmentative Communication (preferred)

Dysphagia Management (preferred)

• Bedside Swallow Evaluation
• Compensatory Strategies
• Modified Barium Swallow Studies (conducting and interpreting)
• International Dysphagia Diet
• Oral Motor
• Thickening Agents

Patient Safety

• Recognize signs & symptoms of physical, sexual, psychological abuse (required)

Other Professional Skills

• Patient/Family Education (required)

Evaluation Tools (required)

• CELF (Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals)
• Non-Evaluative Screening Tools
• PLS-4 (Preschool Language Scale)
• Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale

Billing/Documentation (required)

• Assessment, Concurrent Therapy Documentation and Treatment
• Discharge, Evaluation, Medicaid
• Plan of Care, Reassessments
• SLP Evaluation Coding
• Point of Service Documentation (preferred)

Certifications/Licenses Required

• BLS (Basic Life Support)
• CCC-SLP (Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology)
• State License (Washington)

Important Notes

• Background checks and verifications are required, including but not limited to:

  • Background check within 45 days of start covering all locations lived/worked in past 7 years.
  • Education verification.
  • State-specific searches (Washington WSP/WATCH, OBRA Registry for CNAs if applicable).
• Physical exam within 1 year of start required.
• Immunizations and health documents required:

  • TB test or chest X-ray within 12 months.
  • Tetanus/Diphtheria/Tdap within 10 years.
  • MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccination or titer.
  • Hepatitis B vaccination or declination.
  • Varicella vaccination or titer.
  • Flu vaccine during flu season or declination.
  • COVID-19 vaccine or declination.
• Fit mask testing required for travel candidates.
• References: Minimum 2 supervisor references covering 1 year of employment in a comparable specialty within the last 3 years.
• Employment application covering at least last 5 years required.
• Skills checklist required and must be updated annually.
• Completion of Providence-specific WorkRamp training modules prior to start is mandatory.
• EPIC training modules must be completed and transcripts submitted prior to moving to Paid Day Work (PDW) status.

Additional Requirements

• Float policy acknowledgment: May be required to float to other Providence facilities within reasonable distance.
• Medication and competency exams as applicable.
• Respiratory safety clearance required for travel candidates.
• Various certifications may be required depending on specialty and unit (e.g., ACLS, PALS, NRP, CPI).

This position is ideal for experienced pediatric outpatient therapists with skills in autism and neurodevelopmental disorders, comfortable with EPIC documentation, and holding required certifications and licenses.