What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Speech-Language Pathologist position at Mindful Sprouts?
About the Job
The Lead Speech-Language Pathologist (Lead SLP) serves as the clinical and operational leader of the Speech Therapy Department at Mindful Sprouts. This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of exceptional, evidence-based speech-language services while fostering a culture of clinical excellence, collaboration, accountability, and compassionate care.
The Lead SLP provides direct patient care while overseeing the performance, development, and clinical quality of the Speech Therapy team. This individual partners closely with executive leadership to improve department operations, drive quality initiatives, support strategic growth, and ensure every family receives outstanding service. The ideal candidate is an experienced pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist with strong leadership abilities, excellent clinical judgment, and a passion for mentoring clinicians and building high-performing teams.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical leadership and oversight to the Speech Therapy Department, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based speech-language services.
- Supervise, mentor, and support Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Clinical Fellows (CFs), and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs) through coaching, training, and performance management.
- Conduct comprehensive speech-language evaluations, develop individualized treatment plans, and provide direct therapy services as needed.
- Ensure compliance with ASHA, Florida Board regulations, HIPAA, payer requirements, and Company policies through documentation reviews and quality assurance initiatives.
- Monitor department operations, including clinician productivity, caseload distribution, scheduling efficiency, and key performance indicators to support operational excellence.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, physicians, schools, caregivers, and community partners to deliver coordinated, family-centered care.
- Support department growth by assisting with recruitment, onboarding, policy development, quality improvement initiatives, and strategic planning.
Qualifications
Required
- Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited university.
- Active Florida Speech-Language Pathologist License.
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP).
- Minimum five (5) years of pediatric clinical experience.
- Minimum two (2) years of leadership or supervisory experience.
- Demonstrated experience supervising SLPAs and/or Clinical Fellows.
- Strong knowledge of pediatric speech, language, feeding, and swallowing disorders.
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.
- Experience with EMR documentation systems.
Preferred
- Experience working alongside ABA providers.
- Feeding therapy experience.
- AAC evaluation and implementation experience.
- Experience developing department policies and procedures.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary therapy teams.
- Quality assurance or compliance experience.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish).
Benefits:
- Annual salary increases with a predictable percentage increase based on performance review.
- Supervision and Competency Assessment at no cost.
- ACE-accredited continuing education and professional development programs with opportunities to earn CEUs and PDUs.
- Career advancement opportunities and career development plans. We want you to grow and become the best at what you love.
Terms and conditions apply.