Location: Dallas, TX

Start Date: 03-30-2026

End Date: 06-29-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Day shifts, 8-hour days (40 hours/week guaranteed)

Hours per Week: 40

Candidate Pay Rate: $63 per hour

About United Health Care Staffing

At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop individualized treatment plans to improve swallowing, cognitive-communication, and speech abilities
• Provide dysphagia (swallowing) therapy to reduce aspiration risk and improve safety
• Deliver meaningful communication therapy to help residents understand and be understood
• Lead, guide, and direct speech-language pathology and audiology services in the facility
• Ensure care and documentation meet local, state, and federal regulations and facility policies
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to create coordinated, resident-centered care plans
• Coach and mentor staff to maintain high-quality service delivery and clinical consistency

Qualifications

• Texas state SLP license or participation in the licensure compact (TX License or compact) — required
• Minimum 2 years of speech-language pathology (SLP) experience — required
• Ability to provide required license documentation at time of submission
• Strong clinical leadership and communication skills to lead services within the facility
• Comfortable with treatment planning and maintaining timely, accurate documentation

Knowledge & Skills

• Treatment planning for speech, language, cognition, and swallowing disorders
• Dysphagia (swallowing) therapy and aspiration risk management
• Cognitive-communication therapy techniques for older adults
• Speech-Language Pathology principles and best practices
• Basic audiology awareness to support interdisciplinary care
• Clinical leadership, teaching, and team collaboration skills

Benefits

• A supportive team that values YOU and your clinical expertise
• Licensure assistance & reimbursement to help keep you compliant
• Paid time off to recharge between assignments
• Travel reimbursement and help finding local housing options
• Professional growth opportunities and clinical leadership experience
• Comprehensive onboarding and dedicated recruiter support
• Referral bonus program for bringing great teammates on board
• Work-life balance with predictable day shifts and a guaranteed 40 hours/week

Travel Perks: Explore Dallas, TX

Dallas offers a vibrant mix of big-city attractions and Southern charm. Explore the Dallas Arts District and its museums, enjoy live music and murals in Deep Ellum, relax at Klyde Warren Park, stroll the Dallas Arboretum, catch a Mavericks or Cowboys game, and take easy weekend trips to Fort Worth or nearby lakes and nature areas. Plenty of great restaurants, coffee shops, and cultural spots make your free time fun and varied.

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