
Outpatient | SLP
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Sacramento, CA
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- Speech-Language Pathologist
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $59.63
- Weekly
- $2,385
- Yearly (full-time)
- $124,020
- Start date
- November 9, 2026
This job pays about $59.63/hour — 4% above the median for Speech-Language Pathologist jobs in California ($57.20/hour). The total includes tax-free housing and meal stipends, which staff jobs don't pay, so take-home pay is usually higher than the hourly figure suggests.
Estimated from the weekly pay in the listing, 40 hours a week; yearly = 52 weeks. Median wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Speech-Language Pathologist jobs in California right now
- 119 open Speech-Language Pathologist jobs in California from 7 agencies, 3 of them in Sacramento.
- Pay in these listings: $11.14 – $121/hour, median $37.58/hour.
- Typical Speech-Language Pathologist pay in California: $57.20/hour ($118,976/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: Health Advocates Network ($71.81/hour across 27 jobs).
Job description
Travel Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) – Outpatient Rehabilitation | Sacramento, CA
Join an outpatient rehabilitation team as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) in Sacramento, California. This 13-week travel SLP contract offers weekday hours and the opportunity to provide speech, language, voice, cognitive-communication, and swallowing care to adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Enjoy a consistent schedule in a vibrant capital city known for welcoming neighborhoods, abundant parks, farm-to-fork dining, and easy access to Northern California destinations.
Travel SLP Job Details
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $2,300–$2,470
- Specialty: Outpatient Speech-Language Pathology
- Schedule: 5 shifts per week, 8-hour day shifts
- Shift Hours: Approximately 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
- Hours per Week: 40
- Contract Length: 13 weeks
- Anticipated Start Date: November 9, 2026
- Location: Sacramento, California
- Charting: Epic experience required
- Orientation: 8 hours, with required pre-start learning modules
Speech-Language Pathologist Job Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years of speech-language pathology experience, including outpatient rehabilitation experience
- Current CCC-SLP credential
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- FEES experience or competency preferred
- Experience with Epic or another electronic medical record system; Epic experience required for this assignment
- Experience caring for adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients
- Ability to complete required compliance documentation and pre-start training by established deadlines
- COVID-19 vaccination required, with medical or religious exemptions considered
Outpatient SLP Responsibilities
- Evaluate and treat patients with communication, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders in an outpatient setting
- Perform comprehensive speech-language evaluations, oral peripheral examinations, reassessments, and discharge planning
- Complete bedside swallow evaluations and develop individualized dysphagia treatment plans
- Conduct or interpret Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) when clinically indicated and within established competency
- Provide evidence-based treatment using compensatory strategies, myofascial or manual therapy techniques, and other appropriate interventions
- Support patients with augmentative and alternative communication needs and other communication devices
- Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, home programs, safety strategies, and progression of care
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary care team and maintain timely, accurate documentation in Epic
- Apply appropriate coding, outcome measurement, and plan-of-care practices throughout the episode of care
Apply now for this outpatient travel Speech-Language Pathologist opportunity in Sacramento, California, and join a dedicated rehabilitation team.
Benefits
401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision
Equal Opportunity
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