Job description
- Full time Grade 1 or 2 Speech Pathologist, Eastern Suburbs
- Not for profit with salary packaging benefits & work life balance
- Collaborative and highly supportive team environment
About Access Health and Community
With a 150-year history and caring at our centre, our mission at Access Health and Community (AccessHC) is to build healthier lives together. We have a dedicated and experienced team of over 400 employees and 200 volunteers operating across 18 locations. Our people are the centre of everything we do and contribute to improving the wellbeing of the community every day.
Access Health & Community is a registered NDIS provider.
About the role
We are seeking a highly motivated paediatric clinician to join our rapidly growing Child & Family Services Team. The applicant will demonstrate a passion for working within a multi and transdisciplinary supportive team environment in the wonderful world of paediatrics. AccessHC has an excellent reputation for its highly experienced and dynamic teams of allied health professionals who deliver services to pre-school and school aged children and their families within the communities in the Eastern suburbs.
We offer our team members a friendly work environment, weekly ongoing learning and development, and regular team meetings, and if you are a new graduate, we encourage you to apply as we have opportunities available to help you develop your clinical skills within a supportive and caring team. Our Senior Speech Pathologists mentor and provide one on one supervision and frequent supervision using a buddy system and an abundance of professional opportunities that support a rich learning environment.
What you will be doing
The successful applicant will predominantly work with children who are funded under a mix of NDIS, and public state and other federal health funding.
- Operate a paediatric speech pathology service within multi and transdisciplinary teams to ensure the delivery of centre based and outreach services to all eligible clients
- Assess, plan and provide interventions for a caseload of pre-school and school aged children
- Initiate, plan, implement and evaluate group therapy programs for children as appropriate
- Participate in client care meetings and department meetings for the purposes of team care planning, case conferencing and client review
- In collaboration with other AccessHC Child & Family service staff and management, review the content of individual & group programs and make service changes based on the outcome of these reviews
What you will bring
- Tertiary qualification in speech pathology and a passion for working with children
- Demonstrated knowledge of typical and atypical childhood development in order to understand the child’s developmental delay or disability.
- Demonstrated skills in speech pathology assessment and intervention, based on current evidenced-based practice to ensure positive outcomes for the child and family.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Experience in planning and delivering group therapy programs
- A passion to deliver an exceptional customer service engagement with all customer
Access Health and Community Culture and Benefits
At AccessHC, we offer more than just a fulfilling career; we provide an environment where you can thrive in a culture of collaboration and support. Our team members share commitment and passion to make a positive impact and this ethos creates a range of benefits for our people from opportunities for personal and professional growth to a sense of purpose and belonging. Our culture promotes an environment of success and fulfilment.
Join us and experience a career where you truly make a difference.
The position encompasses an extensive range of benefits:
- Supportive and values-based culture and engaged workforce
- Culture of trust and empowerment for people to grow and thrive
- Commitment to a work-life balance with flexible working conditions
- Focus on staff wellbeing and health – Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Commitment to ongoing professional development and career growth
- Paid parental leave and opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Annual leave loading
- Generous salary packaging opportunities (up to $15,990 per annum + $2,650 meals/entertainment expenses)
Read more about our culture and benefits: here.
Apply Now
Please reach out to Maria Roubos, Clinical Operations Manager CFT: [email protected], using the subject line: Speech Pathologist – Child & Family Services enquiry via EthicalJobs, for further information and/or the opportunity to discuss this role.
Please refer to the position description on our website for the key selection criteria information: here.
Apply now so not to miss this opportunity, as we will be assessing applications as they are submitted and may appoint position before closing date.
Access Health and Community (AccessHC) is a Child Safe Organisation that values inclusivity and diversity. We encourage applications from people with disabilities, those with lived experience of mental health and/or alcohol and other drugs (AOD) challenges, and those with diverse genders and sexualities.
At AccessHC, our vision for reconciliation is an Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience equitable health and social outcomes. Our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) will contribute to achieving reconciliation. We will seek an understanding of and acknowledging histories and injustices, support the active expression of culture, build strong, trusting relationships, and apply culturally appropriate practices within our work.
We will work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to create a welcoming and safe place for everyone at our services. AccessHC acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work. We pay our respects to Wurundjeri Elders past, present, and future, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and we acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
As a vaccine positive organisation, we encourage COVID-19 vaccinations and require successful applicants to undergo a Working With Children Check, Police Check and potentially an International Check.
A Position Description is attached.