Lead Speech Language Pathologist

Salary and Benefits

PLEASE NOTE: The starting salary placement depends on qualifications and experience and is anticipated to be in the range of $7,338.00 per month (Step 1) to $8,945.00 per month (Step 11).

Cal State East Bay offers a broad range of benefits that includes medical, dental, vision, retirement (CalPERS), 401k, 457, 403(b), dependent and health care reimbursement accounts, life insurance, vacation and sick, 14 paid holidays, one personal holiday and tuition fee waiver.

For more information on the benefits program, please visit our benefits website. The CSU Total Compensation Calculator demonstrates the significance of our benefits package.

Classification

Speech Pathologist

About Cal State East Bay

Cal State East Bay's beautiful main campus is located in the Hayward hills with panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay shoreline. Situated above the city of Hayward, the campus offers an ideal setting for teaching and learning and yet easy access to the many cities along the bay. The University has a satellite campus in Concord, a professional development center in Oakland and a significant presence online. Founded in 1957, Cal State East Bay is one of 23 universities of the California State University system (CSU). Cal State East Bay is recognized as a regionally engaged and globally oriented university with a strong commitment to academic innovation, student success, engaged and service learning, diversity, and sustainability.

About the Position

The Lead Speech Language Pathologist provides clinical oversight, instructional support, and educational guidance to graduate students in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) program. The position also supports coordination of clinic operations and provides administrative support to the Clinical Program in collaboration with the Coordinator of Clinical Education and the department at large.

Please Note: Review of applications will begin on June 5, 2026. 

Responsibilities

Clinical Instruction and Oversight

• Provide daily direct clinical oversight, including approximately 50% for in-person and 100% line-of site review for teletherapy clinicians (an average of 10 students/semester)
• Complete daily documentation review in Clinic Note, completing editing and revision process for a minimum of 3 documents per clinician-client pair each week (1+ hour per client, weekly), in addition to 3 substantial reports per client per semester (approximately 1-1.5 hrs. per report, for each of assigned clients)
• Provide balanced and constructive written and verbal feedback, including demonstration and consultation, to support student clinicians in managing client communication needs and implementing treatment plans
• Conduct weekly debrief sessions for all assigned clinicians
• Hold weekly office hours to provide additional consultation, mentorship and educational support
• Oversee diagnostic evaluations, as scheduled by the Coordinator of Clinical Education
• Provide targeted clinical guidance to at-risk clinicians, ensuring areas identified in support plans are addressed and assessed as assigned by the Coordinator of Clinical Education
• Provide materials and other resources (e.g. books, web-based content, journal articles) to support evidence-based practice and clinical learning; coordinate acquisition of needed clinic materials
• Provide clinical coverage and guidance as needed, in the absence of other lead staff.

Clinic Administrative Support

• Complete all clinician and supervisor clinic documents prior to each semester, including the Clinic Calendar, Room Schedule, Supervisor Planning Meeting Schedule, All-Clinician’s Meeting Notes, and CANVAS postings
• Communicate clinic assignments, planning meeting schedules, and clinic documentation expectations to all clinical supervisors and student clinicians, as directed by the appropriate administrator
• In collaboration with the appropriate administrator, train new clinic supervisors by providing initial onboarding/training in all clinic procedures, processes and documentation (Clinic Manual, Clinic Note EMR, CALIPSO, shared Google drive) at the start of the semester
• In collaboration with the appropriate administrator, provide ongoing training and support to all Clinical Sup