Pediatric Speech Therapist FT

Nexus Children’s Hospital – Houston

Schedule

• 8:00
• AM - 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday

About nexus

Nexus Children’s Hospital – Houston provides structured, inpatient care for children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). Located in a quiet neighborhood in Houston’s Westchase District, our home-like environment offers a safe, supportive setting where patients can grow, heal, and develop functional communication, behavioral, and life skills. Our dedicated interdisciplinary team helps children reduce challenging behaviors, improve communication, and reintegrate successfully into their communities — because at Nexus, we’re mending minds.

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Position Summary

The Speech Therapist serves as the facility’s primary provider of speech-language pathology services, conducting patient assessments, evaluations, and delivering individualized therapeutic interventions. This role plays an essential part in helping pediatric patients achieve improved communication, swallowing, and functional independence within an interdisciplinary treatment environment.

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• Job-Specific responsibilities
• Performs speech therapy services for assigned pediatric patients.
• Screens, evaluates, and develops individualized treatment plans.
• Evaluates patients within two to three working days of physician referral, depending on level of care.
• Provides age-appropriate, evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
• Evaluates patient response to therapy and updates the treatment plan as needed.
• Communicates treatment progress and updates to staff, physicians, and family members.
• Documents all treatments, outcomes, and required documentation daily according to regulatory and professional guidelines.
• Provides patient and family education to support continued functional communication and independence.
• Communicates results of evaluations and recommendations to the treatment team and patient/family.