Speech-Language Pathologist

Full-Time or Part-Time | $44.00–$56.25/hour

Great Pediatric Therapy Takes More Than TreatmentTime

Seattle Therapy – Skills for Life ® is looking for an exceptional Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our collaborative outpatient therapy team.

Our work is guided by the belief, hope begins with feeling understood ® .

One important difference about working at Seattle Therapy – Skills for Life: your hourly rate applies to all hours worked—not only direct patient-care visits.

Our therapists are paid for their scheduled work time, including patient care, documentation, treatment preparation, collaboration, meetings, communication, and other responsibilities of the position. For full-time employees, that means the stability of a consistent paid work schedule rather than a paycheck dependent solely on completed therapy visits.

We believe excellent pediatric therapy requires time to think, prepare, collaborate, document, and connect with families—and those are all meaningful parts of the job.

Why Therapists Choose Seattle Therapy – Skills for Life

At Seattle Therapy – Skills for Life ® , you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Work in an expansive 11,000-square-foot pediatric therapy clinic in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood on Lake Union, with extensive treatment spaces, equipment, and clinical resources.
• Receive consistent hourly compensation for all hours worked, including dedicated time for documentation, preparation, collaboration, and other clinical responsibilities.
• Work primarily with children and young adults in a specialized pediatric practice.
• Collaborate closely with speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and feeding therapists.
• Provide individualized, evidence-based, neurodiversity-affirming, family-centered care.
• Work with clients across a range of communication needs, including speech sound disorders, expressive and receptive language differences, fluency disorders, social communication differences, AAC, autism, and other neurodevelopmental differences.
• Develop meaningful relationships with clients and families through our wraparound model of care.
• Provide services in the clinic and, when clinically appropriate, in home, school, community, and virtual settings.
• Continue developing professionally through mentorship, collaboration, continuing education, and advanced clinical opportunities.
• Have opportunities to contribute to program development and areas of clinical interest.
• Work within a practice that values both excellent patient care and a sustainable professional life.

The Speech-Language Pathologist We're Looking For

You are an SLP who genuinely enjoys working with children, young adults, and families.

You combine strong clinical reasoning with warmth, creativity, curiosity, and professionalism. You value evidence-based practice while recognizing that communication is highly individual and meaningful care begins with understanding the whole person.

You enjoy being part of a team. You communicate well, follow through on responsibilities, contribute ideas, and appreciate working alongside colleagues who are equally invested in providing excellent care.

You also recognize that great therapy extends beyond the treatment session.Documentation, preparation, caregiver education, collaboration, coordination, and communication with the other people in a client's life are important parts of providing comprehensive care.

What You'll Do

As an STS Speech-Language Pathologist, you will:

• Complete comprehensive speech-language evaluations and reevaluations and develop individualized recommendations and treatment plans.
• Provide direct and indirect speech-language pathology services supporting meaningful functional outcomes for children and young adults.
• Provide individualized intervention across appropriate areas of practice, which may include speech sound production, receptive and expressive language, fluency, social communication, AAC, and other communication needs, along with feeding therapy.
• Apply strong clinical reasoning to treatment planning, intervention, and modification of treatment approaches.
• Partner with caregivers and provide education, strategies, and support that help skills generalize beyond the therapy session.
• Collaborate with STS occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, feeding therapists, schools, physicians, and other community providers as appropriate.
• Provide services across clinic, virtual, home, school, and community settings when clinically indicated.
• Complete accurate and timely clinical documentation.
• Participate in team meetings, clinical collaboration, and professional development.
• Contribute ideas and expertise to clinical resources, programs, and service development.
• Contribute to the collaborative, thoughtful, and solution-oriented culture of STS.

Qualifications

Required

• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited program
• Current Washington State Speech-Language Pathologist license or eligibility for Washington licensure
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)
• Commitment to evidence-based, individualized, neurodiversity-affirming, family-centered pediatric care
• Strong professional communication and collaboration skills
• To provide feeding therapy, feeding specialization is required.

Preferred

• Pediatric speech-language pathology experience
• Experience in outpatient, hospital, school-based, or other pediatric settings
• Experience with one or more areas such as speech sound disorders, language disorders, fluency, AAC, autism and other neurodevelopmental differences, or social communication
• Experience collaborating with families, schools, and interdisciplinary teams
• Interest in program development and expanding services in areas of clinical expertise

Experienced pediatric SLPs are encouraged to apply. We also value clinicians who bring particular areas of expertise, professional interests, and ideas for strengthening the services we provide.

Feeding Therapy Opportunities

For SLPs with appropriate education, training, experience, and interest, there may be opportunities to participate in our interdisciplinary pediatric feeding program alongside SLP and OT colleagues.

Our feeding work reflects the same individualized, collaborative, family-centered approach that guides our broader clinical practice.

Feeding experience is valued but is not required for all SLP positions .

Working Conditions, Physical Demands & Travel

• Work is primarily performed in an outpatient pediatric clinic, with occasional travel to home, school, or community settings as clinically appropriate.
• The position requires the ability to move throughout a pediatric treatment environment, including transitioning between standing and floor-level positions, sitting, bending, reaching, and carring materials or equipment.
• The position may require occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to use common office and clinical equipment.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions of the position.

Compensation

$44.00–$56.25 per hour , depending on experience and qualifications.

Compare the Whole Compensation Model

When comparing outpatient therapy positions, the advertised hourly rate doesn’t always tell the whole story.

At STS, employees are paid for all hours worked—not only completed patient visits . Paid work time includes direct patient care as well as documentation, treatment planning and preparation, caregiver and provider communication, clinical collaboration, meetings, and training.

For a full-time therapist, this provides the stability of a consistent paid work schedule and a more predictable paycheck than visit-based compensation models .

Benefits for eligible employees include:

• Paid time off
• Six paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(k)
• Continuing education and professional development opportunities
• Paid documentation and preparation time
• Mentorship and clinical collaboration
• Extensive pediatric treatment resources and equipment

Specific benefit eligibility varies by employment status and scheduled hours.

About Seattle Therapy – Skills for Life ®

Seattle Therapy – Skills for Life ® is a pediatric and young-adult outpatient practice providing Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Therapy, and Feeding Therapy in Seattle.

Our philosophy is grounded in a simple belief:
Hope begins with feeling understood ®

Our wraparound model recognizes that meaningful progress doesn’t happen only during a therapy appointment. We collaborate with families, schools, providers, and one another to help clients build skills that translate into everyday life.

Our therapists work in an expansive pediatric clinic designed for movement, learning, creativity, connection, and collaboration. We are a small interdisciplinary team where clinicians know one another, share ideas, learn together, and have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the practice.

Interested in Joining Us?

If you’re a Speech-Language Pathologist looking for meaningful pediatric work, a collaborative clinical environment, and a compensation model that recognizes all of the work required to provide excellent therapy , we’d love to hear from you.