Speech Pathologist - Senior, Adult Services

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work

Development funding

Career pathways

Diverse culture

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Darling Downs Health in Toowoomba seeks a Senior Speech Pathologist to lead adult speech pathology services across the region. You will mentor teams, drive innovation and collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to improve patient outcomes.

The role focuses on advanced, person-centred care, clinical leadership and contributing to continuous service improvement within a supportive regional health service.

Qualifications

• Qualification in Speech Pathology and eligibility for professional registration or membership requirements.
• Strong experience delivering high-quality adult speech pathology services.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to build trusted relationships with patients, families and healthcare teams.
• Confidence to lead, influence positive change and contribute to continuous service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Delivering advanced, person-centred care that helps adults achieve meaningful communication and swallowing outcomes.
• Partnering with multidisciplinary teams to provide coordinated care and create the best possible patient experiences.
• Guiding and developing colleagues, students and emerging clinicians through mentorship, shared learning and clinical leadership.
• Driving improvements that enhance service quality, strengthen innovation and support better healthcare outcomes across the region.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Mentorship

Collaboration

Communication

Assessment

Education

Speech Pathology degree

Job description

Step into a senior role where your expertise creates lasting impact for adults across the region. Based in Toowoomba, you'll enjoy the opportunity to lead, mentor and innovate while building meaningful connections with patients, colleagues and community. Grow your career in a supportive environment that values compassion, courage and continuous learning, all while enjoying the lifestyle and affordability of regional Queensland.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As a Senior Speech Pathologist, you'll help people regain confidence, independence and quality of life during some of their most important healthcare journeys. You'll bring expertise, leadership and compassion to every interaction while contributing to better outcomes for patients, supporting colleagues and helping shape the future of adult speech pathology services.

Every Day, You'll Contribute By

• Delivering advanced, person-centred care that helps adults achieve meaningful communication and swallowing outcomes.
• Partnering with multidisciplinary teams to provide coordinated care and create the best possible patient experiences.
• Guiding and developing colleagues, students and emerging clinicians through mentorship, shared learning and clinical leadership.
• Driving improvements that enhance service quality, strengthen innovation and support better healthcare outcomes across the region.

Let's talk about you!

You're someone who combines clinical excellence with genuine care for people. You lead with compassion, act with integrity and treat every person with dignity and respect. You enjoy solving complex challenges, sharing knowledge and helping others grow. Most importantly, you're motivated by the opportunity to make a real difference, whether that's supporting a patient to achieve an important milestone, mentoring a colleague or improving the way care is delivered for future generations.

Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

• Qualification in Speech Pathology and eligibility for professional registration or membership requirements.
• Strong experience delivering high-quality adult speech pathology services.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to build trusted relationships with patients, families and healthcare teams.
• Confidence to lead, influence positive change and contribute to continuous service improvement.

You’ll stand out from the crowd if you have experience in complex clinical settings, quality improvement, research, education or workforce development.

Above all, you’ll bring compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation and courage to everything you do, helping create healthier communities and brighter futures across the Darling Downs.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It is complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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Occupational group

Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support