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St. Luke's Brazosport
Lake Jackson, Texas

Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

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Job Description

Where You’ll Work

St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Hospital is located on a beautiful, 25-acre campus in Lake Jackson, Texas.

Offering state-of-the-art diagnostic and comprehensive treatment services, our hospital is home to a 154-bed patient tower, level III trauma center, advanced cardiac care center, and full-service, multidisciplinary cancer center.

Our team consists of over 100 board-certified physicians and nearly 600 highly skilled employees to meet our patients’ medical needs. South Brazoria County’s premier healthcare system, St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Hospital is dedicated to providing quality care with compassion for the communities we serve.

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.

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.

Plans and organizes work in a systematic manner to enhance patient care and departmental outcomes and achieve established productivity standards

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

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

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
  • Master's degree in Speech & Language Pathology
  • Speech Language Pathologist: TX
  • Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Key Responsibilities

The Speech Language Pathologist will assess, diagnose, and treat communication and swallowing disorders to improve patient quality of life. They will also develop individualized treatment plans and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Speech & Language Pathology and possess a valid Speech Language Pathologist license in Texas. Basic Life Support (CPR) certification is also required within 14 days of employment.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

BLSBoard Certification

Key Skills

Speech therapySwallowing disorder treatmentDiagnostic evaluationPatient assessmentTreatment planningClinical documentationInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient educationOral motor therapyCognitive therapy

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 44% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 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.

Top Speech Language Pathologist Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution36 jobs · 28 employers

10
<$100k
10
$100k-120k
5
$120k-140k
10
$140k-160k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
60%
Sign-on bonus
17%
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,763 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Lake Jackson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$242k
Typical market rent
$1,460/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About St. Luke's Brazosport

Hospitals and Health Care
Lake Jackson, TX
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

State-of-the-art facility
Comprehensive treatment services
Collaborative interdisciplinary team