Paediatric Speech Pathologist

Avina; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Localised caseloads

Hybrid working

Graceville clinic access

Structured supervision & support

Peer learning & collaboration

Professional development & Communities

Job summary

Avina is a national allied health organisation delivering speech pathology, OT, psychology and more across Queensland and beyond. We are seeking a Paediatric Speech Pathologist to join our Brisbane West, Ipswich and Toowoomba teams, providing services in home, school, community and telehealth settings.

You'll work with a multidisciplinary team of 11 clinicians, focusing on paediatric communication, language, social communication and mealtime goals, with supervision and ongoing professional

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master of Speech Pathology.
• Current Speech Pathology Australia membership or eligibility.
• Interest in paediatric participants.
• Strong communication, clinical reasoning and organisational skills.
• Collaborative and person-centred approach.
• NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working With Children Check, or willingness to obtain.
• Driver's licence and reliable vehicle for community work.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-informed paediatric Speech Pathology.
• Conduct assessments, planning and ongoing therapy.
• Support communication, language, social communication and/or mealtime goals.
• Work across home, school, community, clinic and telehealth settings.
• Collaborate with families, educators and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Participate in supervision, peer learning and professional development.

Skills

Paediatric paediatric participants

Strong communication

Clinical reasoning

Organisational skills

Collaborative approach

NDIS/WaWC checks

Driver's licence

Education

Bachelor or Master of Speech Pathology

Job description

At Avina, we're a national allied health and behaviour support organisation with 400+ clinicians supporting communities across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

We deliver Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Positive Behaviour Support, Physiotherapy and other allied health services across the lifespan.

Our Values Guide How We Work

Progressive | Curious | Respectful | Collaborative | Informed | Purposeful

About the Role

We're looking for a Paediatric Speech Pathologist to join our team across Brisbane West, Ipswich and through to Toowoomba.

Depending on where you're based, your caseload could include areas such as Graceville, Indooroopilly, Jindalee, Springfield, Ripley, Ipswich, Gatton, the Lockyer Valley, Toowoomba and surrounding communities.

While our broader team covers a large geographical area, you won't be expected to travel across all of it. Wherever possible, we'll build your caseload around where you live, keeping travel practical and giving you greater flexibility over your working week.

You'll work across home, school, community and telehealth settings, with optional access to our Graceville clinic for clinicians based closer to Brisbane.

Your Caseload & Team You'll support children and young people across a varied NDIS caseload, working across communication, language, social communication and/or mealtime goals.

You'll join a multidisciplinary team of 11 clinicians with experience across Speech Pathology, OT, Psychology and other allied health disciplines, giving you plenty of opportunity to collaborate around participants and learn from different clinical perspectives.

Whether you're early in your career or an experienced Speech Pathologist, you'll have access to clinical supervision, shadowing and reverse shadowing, peer support, Communities of Practice and multidisciplinary learning.

What You'll Be Doing

• Deliver evidence-informed paediatric Speech Pathology
• Conduct assessments, intervention planning and ongoing therapy
• Support communication, language, social communication and/or mealtime goals
• Work flexibly across home, school, community, clinic and telehealth settings
• Collaborate with families, educators and multidisciplinary colleagues
• Participate in supervision, peer learning and professional development

What We Offer

• Localised caseloads across Brisbane West, Ipswich, Darling Downs and Toowoomba
• Flexible community and hybrid working
• Optional access to our Graceville clinic
• Structured clinical supervision and support
• Shadowing, peer learning and multidisciplinary collaboration
• Communities of Practice and ongoing professional development
• Achievable KPIs supporting sustainable workloads
• Opportunities to develop specialist clinical interests
• Genuine career progression within a national allied health organisation
• Local team connection plus Avina's wider national clinical network

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor or Master of Speech Pathology
• Current Speech Pathology Australia membership or eligibility
• An interest in or experience working with paediatric participants
• Strong communication, clinical reasoning and organisational skills
• A collaborative and person-centred approach
• NDIS Worker Screening Check and Working With Children Check, or willingness to obtain
• Driver's licence and reliable vehicle for community work

While this role has a strong paediatric focus, there may also be opportunities to work across the lifespan depending on your interests, experience and local service needs.

If you're looking for a Speech Pathology role where you can work closer to home, grow your paediatric practice and have a strong multidisciplinary team behind you, we'd love to hear from you.