Location: Anchorage, AK

Start Date: 01-12-2026

End Date: 04-13-2026

Contract Type: Travel Contract

Shift Type: Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Day shift (5x8, 40 hrs/week)

Hours per Week: 40

Candidate Pay Rate: $64 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

• Assess adult and geriatric patients with comprehensive SLP evaluations and create individualized treatment plans
• Perform bedside swallow evaluations, FEES, and participate in MBS studies and MBS-IMP documentation
• Manage dysphagia, tracheostomy and ventilator-associated communication and swallowing needs
• Implement compensatory strategies and rehabilitative techniques to improve patient outcomes
• Document thoroughly and accurately in Epic, including SLP evaluation coding and Medicare-required documentation
• Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams to coordinate discharge planning and continuity of care
• Provide patient and family education, in-service training, and support functional maintenance programs
• Contribute to unit quality by participating in reassessments, plan of care updates, and clinical readiness evaluations

Qualifications

• Active Alaska SLP license required (pending licenses not accepted)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Minimum 1 year of SLP clinical experience; first-time travel clinicians are welcome
• Experience with dysphagia management, bedside swallow evaluation, FEES and MBS preferred
• Comfort treating a range of acuity from ICU-level to SNF/OP patients; ICU coverage assessed clinically
• Familiarity with Epic charting and SLP evaluation coding
• Ability to work within acute hospital policies, weekend coverage expectations, and provided scrub protocol

Knowledge & Skills

• Dysphagia management and bedside swallow evaluation
• FEES and Modified Barium Swallow (MBS) competency and MBS-IMP completion
• Tracheostomy and ventilator-associated care
• Adult and geriatric patient care across acute settings
• Augmentative and alternative communication, communication boards and memory aides
• Compensatory strategies, thickening agents, and laryngectomy care
• Billing, documentation best practices and Medicare A/B familiarity
• Strong interdisciplinary collaboration, patient/family education and in-service training

Benefits

• Generous housing stipend to help you settle in Alaska
• Travel reimbursement so your road to Anchorage is smooth
• Licensure assistance and reimbursement to keep your credentials current
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage to keep you healthy on and off shift
• Paid Time Off so you can recharge and explore the Last Frontier
• 401K retirement savings plan to help plan your future
• Life Insurance for peace of mind
• Referral bonus program because great teammates know great teammates
• A supportive, multidisciplinary team that values your expertise

Travel Perks: Explore Anchorage, AK

Anchorage is your basecamp for Alaskan adventures. Explore the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail for scenic biking and coastal views, visit the Anchorage Museum and Alaska Native Heritage Center to connect with local culture, and take day trips into the Chugach Mountains for hiking or wildlife viewing. Seasonal highlights include northern lights viewing in winter, glacier and wildlife cruises from nearby Seward, world-class fishing on the Kenai Peninsula, and local cafes and breweries to unwind after your shift.

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