Speech Language Pathologist

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Wellbeing support

PTO & family leave

401(k) match

Employee stock plan

Tuition assistance

Fertility & family benefits

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center in Houston, TX is seeking a Speech Therapist (SLP) to help patients improve communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities within a well-resourced, collaborative rehabilitation team.

You will evaluate, treat, document, and educate patients and families, while benefiting from clear caseloads, structured workflows, and network-backed clinical collaboration that honors your clinical judgement and protects your time.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology required.
• Licensed as SLP in Texas and BLS certification (AHA) required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities using structured assessments and observation.
• Developing and adjusting individualized treatment plans for communication and safe swallowing.
• Documenting evaluations, daily notes, progress updates, and discharge summaries.
• Educating patients and families on goals, safety recommendations, home strategies, and progress.
• Collaborating with physicians, nursing, rehabilitation staff, and care managers to support coordinated care.

Education

Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Job description

Job Summary And Qualifications

As a Speech Therapist (SLP), you'll help patients improve their communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities through skilled, evidence-based care. Your role is key in helping patients make progress and independence while working closely with a supportive, collaborative rehabilitation team. You'll have the opportunity to practice in a well-resourced, consistent environment that values your clinical judgement and protects your time through clear caseloads, streamlined workflows, and network-backed clinical collaboration.

Your role will include:

• Evaluating communication, cognitive, and swallowing abilities using structured assessments, standardized tools, and clinical observation


• Developing and adjusting individualized treatment plans that support communication clarity, safe swallowing, and functional progress


• Documenting evaluations, daily notes, progress updates, and discharge summaries with accuracy and timeliness


• Educating patients and families on therapy goals, safety recommendations, home strategies, and expected progress


• Collaborating with physicians, nursing teams, rehabilitation staff, and care managers to support coordinated care and smooth transitions

What qualifications you will need:

• Required Education Graduate of a Master's level speech pathology program


• Required License/Certification SLP Texas licensure and AHA BLS


• Training and Experience 1 year SLP experience in a hospital setting, post CFY preferred.

HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services


• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services


• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence


• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling


• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing


• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center is a 445+ bed acute care hospital located in the heart of central Houston, adjacent to the Medical Center and Museum District, and provides quality care for the greater Houston area. Established in 1975, our hospital has been serving Houston for more than 40 years. We provide a wide range of medical services, including cardiology, bariatrics, orthopedics, neurology, emergency care and more. Our comprehensive medical specialties are here to offer individualized care to every individual that walks through our doors. We also offer 24/7 emergency services and two intensive care units: surgical intensive care unit (SICU) and medical intensive care unit (MICU). We are an accredited Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) Center and an accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

\"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it.\"- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.