Speech Language Pathologist
Houston, TXJob$46/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Speech Language Pathologist assesses, diagnoses, and treats communication and swallowing disorders. The clinician evaluates referred patients, implements individualized treatment plans, contributes to treatment programs and protocols, and supports departmental and organizational goals. The role also involves collaboration with patients, families, hospital personnel, and interdisciplinary teams to support patient care and departmental outcomes.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Speech Language Pathologist, you will be a vital clinician, expertly assessing, diagnosing, and treating communication and swallowing disorders to significantly improve patient quality of life.
Every day, you will conduct comprehensive evaluations for all referred patients, meticulously implementing individualized treatment plans. You'll contribute clinical expertise to develop/upgrade treatment programs/protocols, and actively shape departmental and organizational goals.
To be successful in this role, you will possess advanced clinical knowledge, exceptional diagnostic/therapeutic skills, and a compassionate, patient-centered approach.
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Evaluates, plans and Implements communication and/or swallow treatment programs according to physician referral, and/or plan of care. Designs programs to meet the patient’s oral motor/swallowing, speech/language, and cognitive needs. Applies and shares advanced knowledge of new treatment philosophies and techniques, changes in the practice act or rules, or changes affecting the healthcare industry.
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Plans and organizes work in a systematic manner to enhance patient care and departmental outcomes and achieve established productivity standards
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Promotes and Supports positive and professional customer service, while interacting with clients, guests and hospital personnel. Works collaboratively with all members of the interdisciplinary team, other departments and disciplines to assure patients and customer’s needs are met in a timely manner. Encourages the active participation of the patient and/or family in goal setting and patient/family training/education
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Provides positive and constructive feedback to enhance departmental operations. Completes all necessary documentation as outlined by departmental policy and documentation review. This includes, but is not limited to, patient care charting, charge entry, completing peer chart and peer reviews, and documenting on daily schedule
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Utilizes available information management systems to support departmental and hospital goals. This includes utilization of hospital wide e‐mail, information announcements, policies, annual computer mandatories, charge entry,
Job Requirements Required
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Masters Other Speech & Language Pathology, upon hire
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Speech Language Pathologist: TX, upon hire and
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Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days
Where You'll Work
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.
Pay Range
$46.00-$46.00 /hour
We are an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,471 open Speech-Language Pathologist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$46/hr
- Texas median$45–58/hr51 hourly ranges
- US median$50–59/hr1,346 hourly ranges
This rate, $46/hr, is 16% below the Texas median midpoint ($55/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Speech-Language Pathologist hourly ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 313 open Speech-Language Pathologist jobs in Texas and 3,471 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- Aveanna Healthcare47 open
- HCA Healthcare41 open
- Elara Caring32 open
- Experience
- Speech-Language Pathologist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (977 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 1,625 of the 3,471 open Speech-Language Pathologist jobs (47%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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