Senior Speech Pathologist

Soaring Health Sport, Wellness & Community Centre; City of Hume; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Complete autonomy with calendar and 
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State-of-the-art facility

Work-life balance

Dedicated admin team

PD leave and PD budget

Access to gym and swim facilities

Work vehicle for community work

Paid travel for community work

Job summary

Soaring Health in Melbourne is seeking a Speech Pathologist to join our award-winning allied health team. You will work with adults and children to help them speak more clearly, communicate effectively, and use AAC devices where needed.

You will benefit from flexible hours, complete autonomy with calendar and bookings, and a state-of-the-art facility with a dedicated team. MDT training and ongoing professional development are available.

Responsibilities

• Speech – support to speak more clearly and be understood
• Language – support for people who may have trouble putting ideas into words
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication – support with devices for complex needs
• Social Skills – improve understanding of social rules and nonverbal cues
• Stuttering – strategies to improve fluency and confidence
• Voice – exercises to optimize voice quality and healthy vocal habits
• Take on more complex clients and extend variety of cases
• Look at AT assessment and reports independently
• Supervise AHA students in clinic and mentor new grads
• MDT training and workshops participation

Job description

About Soaring Health

Soaring Health is an award-winning allied health care centre with 6 state of the art clinics throughout Melbourne. Our clinics offer a range of onsite, remote, and in-home services to clients receiving Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Psychology, Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, Dietetics and Allied Heath care services. Our dedicated team is passionate about enriching lives so that people can go on living.

About Soaring Health

Soaring Health is an award-winning allied health care centre with 6 state of the art clinics throughout Melbourne. Our clinics offer a range of onsite, remote, and in-home services to clients receiving Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Psychology, Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, Dietetics and Allied Heath care services. Our dedicated team is passionate about enriching lives so that people can go on living.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Complete autonomy with calendar and bookings
• Working within a state-of-the-art facility with dedicated front-end team
• Work-life balance

What You Will Do

In addition to the general Speech Pathologist roles & responsibilities:

• Speech – support to speak more clearly and be understood
• Language – support for people who may have trouble putting their ideas and thoughts into words and sentences or who may need support with reading and writing
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication – support using devices for people with complex communication needs
• Social Skills – support to improve the understanding of the rules for social interaction and awareness of body language, facial expressions and voice tone to improve social interactions
• Stuttering – provide strategies to support smooth speech delivery and management of stuttering to increase confidence
• Voice – provide exercises and support to optimize voice quality and develop healthy vocal habits

Working with adults and children who have a range of conditions:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Down Syndrome
• Cerebral Palsy
• Developmental delays
• Stammers
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Intellectual disabilities
• Cleft Palate
• Voice disorders

• Taking on more clients than new grads
• Seeing a greater variety of clients of all types
• Look at completing AT assessment and reports independently
• Be able to effectively supervise AHA students in clinic
• Give opportunity to new grads to observe
• Be a buddy for new grad Speech Paths
• Participate in MDT training and workshops
• Begin to build skills in particular clinical areas

You Will Also Be Responsible For

• Taking on more COMPLEX clients and seeing a greater variety of clients of all types
• Look at completing AT assessment and reports independently for specialised AT
• Be able to effectively supervise SP and AHA students in clinic
• Give opportunity to new grads to observe
• Be a buddy for new grad Speech Paths
• Participate in MDT training and workshops
• Begin to build skills in particular clinical areas
• Provide mentoring and supervision for Speech and new grad Speechies

How We Will Support You

• Dedicated admin team
• Dedicated HR and finance team to look after all admin affairs
• Dedicated team leaders and team manager in each department
• Fully stocked clinics with resources
• Ability to have resource packs made up to travel within the community
• Back-end processes in place to make daily work easier
• Resource budget per discipline per month
• Dedicated internal/external supervision and mentoring as well as PD
• Opportunities for observation of more experienced/ specialized staff across disciplines

What's In It For You

• Advancement of clinical knowledge
• Working with preferred caseload and client types
• Ongoing clinical development
• Regular mentoring and supervision
• Team specific meetings and support
• In-house PD at no cost (Over 40 PD hours per year)

More Benefits

• Access to a work car for community and remote work
• Paid travel for community work
• Paid PD leave
• PD budget per calendar year
• Paid staff meetings and professional development in-house
• Access for work vehicle and work-related travel coverage
• Access to gym and swim facilities at our sites located inside leisure centres
• Let your career soar at Soaring Health