Speech Language Pathologist

Speech-Language PathologistFull-Time

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Job Description

Where You’ll Work

St. Luke's Health–The Vintage Hospital is 106 bed facility that is nationally-recognized for providing high-quality, compassionate care to Northwest Houston communities including Willowbrook, Champions and Tomball. With the resources and expertise of the St. Luke’s Health system, St. Luke's-The Vintage offers the latest advancements in diagnostic and surgical services, including heart care, lung health and orthopedics. St. Luke’s Health is a member of CommonSpirit.

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
  • Required
  • Masters Other Speech & Language Pathology, upon hire
  • Speech Language Pathologist: TX, upon hire and
  • 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 the interdisciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient care.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

BLS

Key Skills

Speech therapySwallowing disorder treatmentDiagnostic evaluationPatient assessmentTreatment planningOral motor therapyCognitive therapyClinical documentationInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient education

Speech-Language Pathologist Career Context

Of the 50 active Speech-Language Pathology listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 50% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

Speech-Language Pathology pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.2% 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

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Salary Distribution25 jobs

6
<$100k
6
$100k-120k
4
$120k-140k
8
$140k-160k
1
$166k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
88%
CME allowance
46%
Sign-on bonus
13%
Loan repayment
13%
PSLF eligible
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$65-$80/hr
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$65-$75/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 1.5
Better work-life than 10% of Speech Language Pathology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,782 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Houston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$245k
Typical market rent
$1,542/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 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 Health - The Vintage Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Houston, Texas
1,001-5,000 employees