About This Position
Join our team as a Speech Language Pathologist in Lubbock, TX for a 13-week travel/contract assignment in PT Acute Care. Enjoy guaranteed 36 hours/week with a day shift (5x8) from 8:00–16:00, starting 2026-08-24.
Position Details
- Role: Speech Language Pathologist
- Setting: PT Acute Care
- Schedule: Day shift, 5x8 Hours (8:00–16:00)
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Guaranteed Hours: 36 hours/week
- Start Date: 2026-08-24
- Pay: $56.00–$67.00 per hour (hourly)
Requirements
- Acute Care Experience: 1 year of acute care experience is required
- Charting: Epic (required)
- Certifications: BLS
- Travel Experience: Not required
Responsibilities
- Conduct patient assessments and develop appropriate speech/language plans of care
- Complete required documentation, including evaluation, assessment, and discharge
- Provide home exercise program (HEP) instruction
- Deliver patient and family education
- Support safe mobility and therapy using required patient-safety equipment and procedures
- Coordinate and deliver therapy across required patient care areas and populations, including neurology and orthopedics
Clinical Skills & Competencies
- Work Settings (all required): Acute Care, Outpatient Clinic, Rehabilitation Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
- Assessments: Body mechanics
- Orthopedics (required areas): Cervicalgia, low back pain, spinal conditions, gait training, hip fractures/injuries
- Ortho Post-Op / Conditions: Post op cervical surgery, post op shoulder repair, post op spinal surgery, total hip replacement, total knee replacement
- Neurologic (required): Neurology, cognitive disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, post-stroke rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury
- Equipment & Devices (required): bed alarms, call lights, gait belt, hospital beds/specialty beds, sliding boards
Documentation & Billing
- Documentation (required): Evaluation, Assessment, Discharge
- Billing (required): Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare A
Why This Role
- Guaranteed hours (36/week) and a predictable day schedule in Lubbock, TX
- Work across multiple care settings—acute care experience plus outpatient and rehab exposure
- Epic charting environment
- Opportunity to build broad neurology and orthopedics experience while supporting patients through education and discharge planning
Compensation & Why Quick2Hire
$56.00–$67.00 per hour (hourly), with guaranteed 36 hours/week for this 13-week travel/contract role in Lubbock, TX.
Apply through Quick2Hire to work with a dedicated recruiter who supports you throughout your assignment, receive reliable weekly pay, and access per diem shifts if you want extra flexibility during your travels.
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