Speech Pathologist - Clinic/Community - Tamworth Nsw

Healthcarelink Support; Tamworth; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Schedule

Unique Service Delivery

Career Support and Development

Generous Renumeration

Additional Benefits

Job summary

Healthcarelink Support is seeking a Speech Pathologist for a clinic/community role in Tamworth, NSW. The position offers full-time or part-time hours with travel to clients' homes and local businesses.

You will assess, diagnose, and treat communication disorders, including speech, language, and swallowing difficulties, within a multidisciplinary team. A two-week onboarding and CPD support are provided, with competitive remuneration and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or higher degree in Speech Pathology required.
• Current SPA membership required.
• Current driver's license and own vehicle essential.
• Knowledge of functional communication and swallowing assessments.
• NDIS experience preferable but not essential.
• A passion for helping clients reach full potential.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and treat communication disorders across ages.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Travel to clients' homes and local businesses around Tamworth.
• Balance clinic and community visits with a typical day of four to six patients.
• Participate in onboarding and training with the practice manager.
• Utilize practice software and systems for notes and admin.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor or higher degree in Speech Pathology

Job description

Job title: Speech Pathologist - Clinic/Community - Tamworth NSW

Working hours: Full time or part time

Salary offer: Competitive Salary Offer + CPD Allowance + Benefits

Location: Tamworth NSW

About the company

Our client is a locally owned mobile and in-clinic service based in the rural NSW town of Tamworth. Their multidisciplinary team consists of highly experienced Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Speech Pathologists and Occupational Therapists. The company prides itself on providing high quality, patient centered, evidence-based practice to manage the complex needs of people across the lifespan with Neurological and/or physical disabilities. Services are delivered through a mixture of home/community appointments (with optional rural outreach days) and in clinic appointments. The clinic is a state of the art facility, equipped with dedicated consult rooms, adult neurorehab/paediatric gym spaces, and a large team room for notes/admin/breaks. They strive for continual improvement, innovation, sustainable practice and clinical excellence. Therefore, they allocate time and resources to professional development, regular team meetings, in-service education, and social events.

About the role

As the speech pathologist you will be required to assess, diagnose and treat communication disorders, including difficulties with speaking, listening, understanding language, reading, writing, social skills, stuttering and using voice. You will work with people who have difficulty communicating because of developmental delays, stroke, brain injuries, learning disability, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, dementia and hearing loss, as well as other problems that can affect speech and language. Additionally, you will support people who experience difficulties swallowing food and drink safely and managing their secretions. You will be required to work independently and also as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure positive client outcomes. Being a mobile service, you will be required to travel to client's homes and local businesses around Tamworth and its surrounds as well as in-clinic appointments. Due to the extra time that is allocated for travel and admin, you would typically be seeing four to six patients on a regular work day. You have the freedom to inform admin as to the structure of your schedule and work hours, in alignment with the organisations goals. The caseload will be a mixture of NDIS and Lifetime Care clients. Due to the extent of our waitlist, we are able to cater the caseload to the therapists areas of clinical interest and experience. A two week paid on-boarding/ training process will be provided, wherein you will spend time with the practice manager learning the business' software and systems, and attend joint appointments with our speech pathologists.

Benefits

• Flexible Work Schedule: Designed for long-term job satisfaction and work-life balance.
• Unique Service Delivery: Work in our new Allied Health Center with dedicated consult rooms, purpose built adult neurological and paediatric gym facilities plus your own desk space for notes and admin. For clients that cant come to us, we also offer home and community visits with optional rural outreach days.
• Career Support and Development: Regular mentoring sessions are offered for both early career and senior therapists. In addition, there is consistent informal access to the 10+ Senior Therapists in our multidisciplinary team. PD allocation of $1500 per year to help support your clinical development.
• Generous Renumeration: Above award salary, plus 6 additional paid leave days per year.
• Additional Benefits: Phone, laptop, bags, therapy resources all provided. Monthly subsidised team lunches and regular social events, access to company cars.

Essential criteria

• Bachelor or higher degree in Speech Pathology
• Current membership with SPA (Speech Pathology Australia)
• Current driver’s license and own vehicle are essential
• Knowledge of functional communication and swallowing assessments, interventions and outcome measures
• NDIS experience and understanding is preferrable but not essential
• A passion for assisting clients to reach their full potential
• A high level of written and verbal communication skills