I’ve audited enough clinical agency roles to know when a job is a burnout trap and when it’s a genuine leadership opportunity. This Lead SLP requisition for AMN Healthcare sits right on the edge. You are being hired to direct a teletherapy division for San Diego school districts. In this healthcare leadership role, you are not just logging hours on a screen; you are the clinical firewall protecting junior therapists from district bureaucracy and ensuring that remote pediatric care remains legally and medically defensible.
Clinical Liability & Operational Scope
Telepractice is a lifeline for pediatric speech therapy, but school districts are heavily litigious environments. As a Lead SLP, your mission is risk mitigation and quality control. You will act as the clinical anchor for your team. You will audit Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), conduct complex virtual assessments, and mentor Clinical Fellows, ensuring that remote delivery strictly adheres to the California Department of Education mandates and IDEA regulations.
Core Clinical Responsibilities
Do not let the “reduced caseload” phrasing fool you. Here is what your actual clinical week will look like:
- Clinical Supervision: Provide direct mentorship and ASHA-compliant supervision for up to 5 SLPAs and Clinical Fellows (CFs). (Sarah’s Note: Supervising 5 junior clinicians means their documentation errors fall directly on your license. Your QA process for their notes must be airtight.)
- Direct-Service Caseload: Maintain a deliberately reduced teletherapy caseload (15-20 direct contact hours per week). (Sarah’s Note: 20 direct contact hours is still half of a full-time clinical load. Add 5 supervisees and mandatory IEP meetings, and your calendar will be packed. This is a highly demanding full-time role.)
- Virtual Diagnostics & Assessments: Administer standardized digital speech assessments and author comprehensive evaluation reports.
- IEP Quality Assurance: Audit team-generated IEP goals and progress reports. (Sarah’s Note: California’s special education system is highly litigious. If an IEP goal isn’t legally defensible and backed by data, the district—and AMN—will face due process hearings. You are the defense line against this.)
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Facilitate monthly clinical case conferences and translate new clinical research into telepractice protocols.
Licensure & Technical Qualifications
- Licensure & Certification: Must hold an active, unencumbered California SLP license and a current ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP). (Sarah’s Note: The California licensing board is notoriously backlogged. If you do not have your CA license actively in hand today, you will not clear the recruiter screener.)
- Clinical Experience: Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience as an SLP, with at least 2 years executing a telehealth delivery model.
- Supervisory Competence: Prior experience acting as a primary clinical supervisor, with a deep understanding of ASHA supervision guidelines and ethical standards.
- Technical Fluency: Advanced proficiency with teletherapy platforms and specialized Special Education Information Systems (SEIS).
Compensation, Benefits & Agency Reality
The compensation package is competitive for a remote clinical lead, but agency pay structures require clarification.
- Base Salary Range: $105,000 – $125,000 USD / Year. (Sarah’s Note: Ensure during your interview that this $105k-$125k is a guaranteed W2 salary, not a “projected” figure contingent on maximum billable hours and district attendance rates.)
- Clinical Overhead Support: Annual stipends allocated for ASHA dues, California state licensure renewal, and approved Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
- Remote Infrastructure: Complete home-office hardware setup provided (dual monitors, high-fidelity audio).
- Corporate Benefits: Comprehensive medical coverage effective day one, 401(k) matching, and generous paid time off.
Logistics & Hiring Process
- Work Location Policy
- This is a Full-Time position. Remote status: Yes – this is a 100% remote telepractice role. You must be available during Pacific Standard Time (PST) school hours. (Sarah’s Note: If you live on the East Coast, remember the time zone math. You are committing to a PST school schedule, meaning you will regularly be running IEP meetings until 6:00 or 7:00 PM EST.)
- Relocation Assistance
- Relocation assistance is not offered for this role as it is fully remote within the United States.
