DIRECTOR OF SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY
Career Family: DIRECTOR
Director of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology is an unclassified role, so it is appointed at the discretion of the hiring authority and does not carry the usual exam-and-tenure track.
To be eligible you bring a doctoral degree, 4 years of relevant experience, and a professional license. The FY 2027 range lands between $91,628 and $134,900, and state payroll currently lists 2 people in the title, most of them at Human Services.
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Director of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Human Services.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Human Services | 2 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 2 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $128,248. The agencies employing the most are:
- Human Services (2)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under the general direction of a Director, Professional/Rehabilitative Services, or other administrative officer in a State department, agency or facility, supervises subordinate professional staff engaged in providing evaluation, testing, education and treatment functions to lients with speech language pathology and/or audiological problems; performs related duties as required.
Examples of work
- Directs, supervises, evaluates and assigns the work of lower level Speech/Hearing Specialists engaged in providing evaluation, testing, education and treatment services to clients with various levels of speech language pathology and/or audiological problems.
- Develops, coordinates and implements all professional diagnostic procedures, work operations and educational programs in the areas of speech language pathology and audiology in accordance with departmental and legal mandates.
- Directs quality assurance audits to determine the quality of care being provided to clients.
- Manages the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for employee evaluations and for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining of employees.
- Establishes and revises best practice modes of service delivery in response to changes in laws and regulations, and the rules and organizational structure of an institution or facility.
- Develops and monitors programs for other units of the institution, to ensure appropriate carry-over services, as required by Federal programs and laws.
- Develops acceptable structured clinical affiliation programs in compliance with American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) standards and New Jersey state licensure and institutional requirements.
- Directs and coordinates habilitative and rehabilitative programs within one or more assigned units.
- Performs the necessary quantitative analysis of the evaluation, testing, education and treatment functions of speech/language/hearing therapy.
- Develops, coordinates and implements all in-service training and other educational programs both within and out of the speech/language/hearing department for all levels of staff.
- Represents the institution or facility at meetings and conferences to educate groups, recruit staff and promote positive public relations.
- Prepares and supervises the preparation of necessary correspondence and reports.
- Supervises the establishment and maintenance of essential records and files.
- May be required to carry a caseload.
- May be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology or Audiology,
<b>OR</b>
Graduation from an accredited college or university with an earned Doctorate in Speech Language Pathology or Audiology.
Experience
Four years of experience in applying the theory, principles, and/or techniques of speech-language therapy or audiology, two (2) years of which shall have been a supervisory capacity.
License
Applicants must possess a current and valid license to practice Speech Language Pathology and/or Audiology in the State of New Jersey as issued by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Department of Law and Public Safety.
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the theory, principles, methods, equipment and techniques of modern speech and hearing therapy and their application.
- Knowledge of management techniques and theories of supervision.
- Knowledge of the selection and administration of diagnostic and evaluative tests and of the evaluation of speech and learning performance of patients.
- Ability to assign, evaluate and supervise the work performance of subordinate Speech/Hearing Specialists.
- Ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of necessary correspondence and reports.
- Ability to supervise the establishment and maintenance of essential records and files.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office or related units.
- Ability to read. write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.