Overview

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier multispecialty group practice, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's renowned Texas Medical Center. More than 500 physicians and allied health professionals practice at 30 locations in the Greater Houston area. Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in 55 medical specialties. The organization operates the largest freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in the state of Texas and offers state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge radiation therapy technology at a nationally accredited Cancer Center. An accredited Sleep Center, comprehensive laboratory services, advanced imaging and diagnostics, 19 onsite Kelsey pharmacies and one specialty pharmacy, and MyKelseyOnline, a secure web portal, are part of its comprehensive offerings. Kelsey-Seybold partners with major insurers to offer value-based commercial health plans. KelseyCare Advantage, a Medicare Advantage plan offered to Houston-area beneficiaries and affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, has achieved the coveted 5-out-of-5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for six consecutive years.

Kelsey-Seybold has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the nation’s first accredited Accountable Care Organization and a Level 3 (highest) Patient-Centered Medical Home. Kelsey-Seybold has many physicians in the Greater Houston area certified for excellence in diabetes and heart and stroke care by the NCQA. In addition to these recognitions, Kelsey-Seybold is home to a nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Center, and Endoscopy Center.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate is a hard-working, team player with a favorable work and/or training history. The physician should be able to independently administer and interpret routine and special diagnostic tests in an expedient and professional manner. Candidate should also be able to effectively collaborate with referring physicians and other professionals to provide optimum care for each patient. Kelsey-Seybold Speech Pathologist doctors treat children, adolescents and adults at Kelsey-Seybold’s Main Campus location and at neighborhood clinics throughout Houston.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Include the Following. Other Assignments, Projects and Duties May Be Required:

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults. Assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent communication and swallowing disorders in children and adults. SLPs will work as part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary team, which may physicians, audiologists, and ENT physicians.

Qualifications

• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology(CCC-SLP) must earn a graduate degree
• Speech-language pathologists should also possess the following specific qualities:
  • Communication skills, Compassion, Critical-thinking skills, Detail oriented, Listening skills, and Patience.
• Graduate of an approved training program in the United States.
• Applicants for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology(CCC-SLP) must earn a graduate degree, successfully complete the required clinical experiences, and pass a national examination. 
• Licensed in the State of Texas. CCC-SLP