Speech Language Pathologist - Team Lead

Speech-Language Pathologist Top 25% in Speech Language PathologyFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

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Employment & setting
Full-Time · on-site
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Speech-Language Pathologist to serve as a Team

Lead. This role is ideal for a clinician interested in leadership opportunities while maintaining a consistent clinical caseload.

The Team Lead will support clinical excellence, therapist mentorship, and day-to-day clinic operations while helping shape the culture and growth of a new location.

Key Responsibilities Clinical (15–20 patient hours per week)

  • Provide therapy services and complete evaluations
  • Supervise Clinical Fellows, as applicable
  • Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant documentation
  • Model strong clinical decision-making and patient care

Leadership & Clinical Oversight

  • Provide ongoing support and mentorship to therapists
  • Conduct regular one-on-one check-ins
  • Monitor clinical performance, patient progress, and outcomes
  • Ensure documentation meets quality, timeliness, and audit standards
  • Identify and address performance concerns in collaboration with leadership

Operations & Administrative Support (Minimum 10 non-clinical hours/week)

Leadership

  • Participate in bi-weekly leadership meetings
  • Support implementation of clinic and organizational initiatives

Administrative / Operations

  • Assist with scheduling coordination and problem-solving
  • Support supply management and clinic organization
  • Contribute to process improvement efforts

Therapist Support

  • Serve as a clinical resource for team members
  • Provide guidance on treatment planning and documentation

Community & Growth

  • Participate in select community or referral-related events as a clinical representative
  • Participate at relevant therapist recruiting and careers events with graduate school

partners as a clinical representative

  • Support development of referral relationships in coordination with leadership

Qualifications

  • Active Texas Speech-Language Pathologist license
  • Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience (pediatrics preferred)
  • Strong clinical and documentation skills
  • Demonstrated ability to support and guide other clinicians
  • Effective communication and organizational skills

Compensation

Compensation is structured to support both clinic performance and quality of care.

  • Competitive base salary (discussed during interview process)
  • Monthly bonus tied to location’s performance
  • Discretionary annual bonus opportunity

Additional Responsibilities

  • Address patient and staff concerns with professionalism and timeliness
  • Support a positive, collaborative clinic environment
  • Assist with onboarding and training of new team members
  • Carry forward the “Bliss culture” at location

Benefits

  • 401(k) matching
  • Continuing education credits
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off

Work Location: In person

Key Responsibilities

The Team Lead will provide direct clinical therapy services while overseeing clinic operations and mentoring staff therapists. They are responsible for ensuring clinical excellence, managing documentation standards, and supporting the growth of the clinic location.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Speech-language pathologyClinical leadershipClinical documentationPerformance managementClinical supervisionCommunication skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Speech Language Pathologist - Team Lead at Bliss Speech and Hearing Services a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Speech Language Pathology — ranked against 6,328 active Speech Language Pathology listings on WeekdayDoc.

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 68% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
52% this job
Sign-on bonus
14%
Loan repayment
10%
PSLF eligible
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.6
Higher than about 8 in 10 of 6,328 Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10. Shaded area = share of comparable listings scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Plano

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$402k
Typical market rent
$1,742/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Bliss Speech and Hearing Services

Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists
Dallas, Texas
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k) matching
Continuing education credits
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off