Lead Speech Language Therapist

Circle Creek Therapy is seeking an experienced Speech-Language Pathologist to serve as our SLP Lead. This is a working clinical leadership role for an SLP who enjoys providing high-quality, primarily pediatric care while helping other clinicians build confidence, strengthen their skills, and find the support they need to succeed. The SLP Lead maintains a clinical caseload and leads a team of approximately three to six clinicians. They partner closely with clinic leadership, the front desk, families, and other disciplines to support excellent patient care, thoughtful team development, and smooth day-to-day operations.

Provide Patient-Centered Speech Therapy

Evaluate patients and develop individualized treatment plans addressing speech, language, communication, cognitive, pragmatic, and feeding or swallowing needs.

Collaborate with therapists, physicians, educators, caregivers, and other providers to ensure coordinated, patient-centered care.

Monitor outcomes and adjust goals, treatment frequency, duration, and plans of care to support optimal results.

Celebrate clinical and personal wins, help team members identify professional goals, and support continued growth in confidence and skill.

Answer clinical questions and help team members locate policies, procedures, resources, and the appropriate people for additional support.

Identify unclear or missing internal guidance and partner with management to recommend improvements.

Facilitate monthly small department meetings and identify training needs that may benefit the broader speech team.

Participate in performance reviews and contribute meaningful feedback regarding team member growth and development.

Support Supervision and Clinical Quality

Supervise SLPAs, students, Clinical Fellows, aides, or new hires as assigned and in accordance with applicable state and ASHA requirements.

Review and cosign documentation as needed to support compliance, quality care, and continuity of services.

Complete periodic clinical checks, provide timely feedback, and foster a collaborative environment of mutual learning.

Adjust or hand off patients when appropriate to create capacity for evaluations, supervision, mentoring, and clinic needs.

Coordinate Schedules and Daily Operations

Review and respond to PTO requests while maintaining clinician schedules that support patient and clinic needs.

Respond to call-outs and coordinate with the front desk and PRN clinicians regarding coverage, rescheduling, and family communication.

Assist management with new-hire onboarding schedules, first-day welcomes, workspaces, observations, warm handoffs, and completion of onboarding tasks.

Communicate, Document, and Collaborate

Document evaluations, treatment sessions, progress notes, and communications accurately and promptly in Raintree EMR according to Circle Creek Therapy processes.

Communicate effectively with patients, families, and caregivers regarding progress, scheduling, attendance, and strategies that support the plan of care.

Partner with managers to monitor caseloads, identify openings, and add evaluations or treatment sessions to meet patient and clinic needs.

Participate in interdisciplinary meetings, leadership meetings, team learning opportunities, and clinic initiatives.

The standard SLP direct contact hour expectation ramps to 67.5% following onboarding and is adjusted to account for assigned leadership time.

One 30-minute one-on-one meeting with the SLP Lead’s manager.

One one-hour Team Leads Meeting with the Clinic Manager and Program Excellence Manager.

Current Washington State Speech-Language Pathologist license.

Experience providing speech-language pathology services, preferably in pediatric or multidisciplinary settings.

Ability to meet applicable state and ASHA requirements for any assigned supervision responsibilities.

Comfort using electronic medical record systems and learning clinic-specific systems and processes.

Commitment to continued learning, confidentiality, HIPAA compliance, and Circle Creek Therapy’s FIERCE core values.

A therapist-owned, multidisciplinary clinic where collaboration is part of everyday care.

Opportunities to collaborate across speech, occupational therapy, physical therapy, behavioral health, and ABA services.

As clinic needs evolve, the SLP Lead may be asked to support additional activities such as clinic events, outreach or marketing efforts, social media content, and occasional clinic or grounds upkeep. Other duties may be assigned by the Clinic Manager, Program Excellence Manager, or another appropriate supervisor to support smooth clinic operations and high-quality patient care.

About Circle Creek Therapy
Founded in 2015, Circle Creek Therapy is a therapist-owned, multidisciplinary private practice in Auburn, Washington. Our team provides speech, occupational, physical, behavioral health, and ABA services in a collaborative environment designed to help patients and families reach their full potential.

We would love to hear from an experienced SLP who is excited to support both excellent patient care and a strong, connected speech team.

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