Speech Pathologist Grade 1-New Graduate

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 64,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne in Parkville invites applications for a full-time fixed-term Grade 1 New Graduate Speech Pathologist. You will assess and treat paediatric inpatients and outpatients with communication and/or swallowing difficulties across multiple areas, with training and supervision provided over a 12-month period.

You will gain exposure to varied clinical areas, contribute to high-quality care, and develop reports for referrers, patients, families, and teams while

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Speech Pathology or equivalent tertiary qualification.
• Eligibility for practising membership of Speech Pathology Australia.
• Meet the requirements of the Speech Pathology Australia Professional Self-Regulation program.
• Upholds the Speech Pathology Australia Code of Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical speech pathology services to inpatients and outpatients at RCH.
• Demonstrate evidence-based practice and stay up-to-date.
• Work effectively within teams with strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Prepare timely, well written reports/documentation and provide effective verbal feedback to referrers, patients, families, and teams.
• Always act in a professional and ethical manner.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Speech Pathology or equivalent

Job description

The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne – Parkville VIC

We invite you to join the RCH and help turn our vision 'a world where all kids thrive' into a reality

The Hospital:

The Royal Children's Hospital's (RCH) Vision is "A world where all kids thrive".

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

• Hub of medical precinct in Parkville, Melbourne
• Work for Australia's leading Children's Hospital
• Working in a supportive and experienced Speech Pathology team
• Excellent clinical supervision, support, and training provided

About the Role

This is full-time, fixed term Grade 1 New Graduate role in the Speech Pathology Department. You will be responsible for providing high-quality assessment and treatment to paediatric inpatients and outpatients at RCH with communication and/or swallowing difficulties across a range of clinical areas. You will receive training and support to manage your caseload and be exposed to a variety of clinical areas during your 12 months.

What you'll achieve

• You'll provide high-quality clinical speech pathology services to in/outpatients at RCH
• You'll demonstrate evidence-based practise and a commitment to staying up-to-date
• You'll work effectively and flexibly within teams demonstrating strong communication and collaboration skills
• You'll prepare timely, well written reports/documentation and provide effective verbal feedback to referrers, patients, families, and teams
• You'll always act in a professional and ethical manner

Classification for Grade 1 New Graduate is VP3 ($70,590 plus superannuation). This includes five weeks' paid annual leave and the option of one rostered day off a month.

Your skills and experience

• Bachelor of Speech Pathology or equivalent tertiary qualification
• Eligibility for practising membership of Speech Pathology Australia
• Meet the requirements of the Speech Pathology Australia Professional Self-Regulation program
• Upholds the Speech Pathology Australia Code of Conduct

About the Department

We are a team of approximately 10 FTE speech pathologists. We provide services to both inpatient and outpatient paediatric populations in the areas of eating, drinking and swallowing, speech, language, voice, cleft palate,