Sup Staff Speech Lang Path Sr

About Us

Harris Health is the public healthcare safety‑net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, focusing on low‑income uninsured and underinsured patients through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management, and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health's robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations, and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of U.S. health systems achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient‑centered clinics and health centers, and maintains strong partnerships with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents, and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. At Harris Health, we prioritize the well‑being of our most valuable asset—our people—ensuring a culture of compassion, collaboration, and excellence in serving Harris County's most in need.

Job Summary

Provides services for the prevention, diagnosis, habilitation, and rehabilitation of communication, swallowing, and other upper aerodigestive disorders; elective modification of communication behaviors; and enhancement of communication. Performs related duties such as participation in rounds, clinics, departmental performance improvement, and clinic education in accordance with the state practice act, applicable regulations, and departmental policy and procedures.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Speech Pathology, Communication Disorders, or a related field

Licenses & Certifications

• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech‑Language Pathology (CCC‑SLP) from the American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Basic Life Support certification from an approved American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) program
• Texas Speech‑Language Pathology license through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)

Experience

• Four (4) years of professional experience
• Preferred: experience or knowledge of SLP duties and responsibilities within an acute‑care medical setting, including evaluation and treatment of dysphagia, expressive and receptive language deficits, cognitive deficits, and motor speech and voice disorders
• Preferred: experience evaluating and treating head‑and‑neck cancer patients
• Preferred: experience evaluating and treating neonatal feeding development
• Preferred: utilization and interpretation of video fluoroscopic swallow studies

Communication Skills

• Above‑average verbal communication with heavy public contact
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish

Schedule

Flexible work schedule