Speech Pathology Graduate

State Government of Victoria, Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Wellness program

Onsite childcare

Mentoring and career development

Job summary

Austin ICYMHS within Austin Health in Melbourne invites applications for a 12-month fixed term Graduate Speech Pathology role with two rotations within ICYMHS. You will assess communication needs of young people with mental health challenges and participate in supervision and clinical meetings.

The role emphasizes learning about the relationship between communication and mental health, with mentoring and growth opportunities, salary packaging, wellbeing programs, onsite childcare, and a

Qualifications

• Demonstrated wish to learn about the relationship between mental health and communication.
• Knowledge and familiarity with psychometric assessment tools.

Responsibilities

• Assess the communication needs of young people with mental health challenges.
• Attend professional supervision and clinical meetings within your team.
• Learn about approaches and understandings necessary to work with young people within ICYMHS.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Collaboration

Organisation skills

Time management

Mental health knowledge

Tools

Psychometric tools

Job description

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About ICYMHS

The Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) sits within the Mental Health Division (MHD) and provides tertiary mental health services to the north-eastern catchment of Melbourne (currently the local government areas of Banyule, Boroondara, Darebin, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, and Yarra). Young people eligible for the service are aged 0-25 years.

About the role

Austin ICYMHS has Speech Pathologists across the service, with a professional structure that provides opportunities for growth and development. This Graduate Speech Pathology role is a 12-month fixed term position with two rotations within ICYMHS. It incorporates both discipline specific and broader generic mental health work.

A regular day will see you participating in:

• Assessment and consultation around the communication needs of young people with mental health challenges
• Attending professional supervision and clinical meetings within your team.
• Learning about key approaches and understandings necessary to working with young people within ICYMHS.

About you

You will be someone with excellent communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills, who has strong organisational and time management skills and a strong curiosity around the relationship between communication and mental health.

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

• Demonstrated wish to learn about the relationship between mental health and communication.
• Knowledge and familiarity with psychometric assessment tools.

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards.If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager:Sandy Robertson, Program Manager [e-mail].

Applications close Sunday 27 September 2026 at 11.59pm