Senior Speech Pathologist

Soaring Health Sport, Wellness & Community Centre; Sydenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid travel for community work

Access to gym and swim facilities

In-house professional development

Job summary

A health care center in Sydenham is seeking a Senior Speech Pathologist to provide comprehensive speech therapy and mentoring for new graduates. The ideal candidate will work with diverse clients, manage complex cases, and benefit from ongoing professional development and support. The role offers a full-time position with access to gym facilities and dedicated administrative support.

Qualifications

• Experience with a range of conditions including ASD and Down Syndrome.
• Ability to work with both adults and children.
• Strong mentoring skills for new graduates.

Responsibilities

• Provide speech and language therapy to clients.
• Supervise and mentor new Speech Pathologists.
• Complete assessments and reports independently.

Skills

Speech support

Language support

Social skills improvement

Stuttering management

Voice optimization

Client assessment

Mentoring new graduates

Education

Relevant degree in Speech Pathology

Job description

Overview

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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 Health care services. Our dedicated team is passionate about enriching lives so that people can go on living.

What You Will Do

• 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, Swallowing – make mealtime more enjoyable by reducing risk and increasing acceptance of different foods and textures
• Taking on more clients than new grads
• Seeing a greater variety of clients of all types
• Completing AT assessment and reports independently
• Supervising AHA students in clinic
• Providing observation opportunities for new grads
• Being a buddy for new graduate Speech Pathologists
• Participating in MDT training and workshops
• Beginning 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
• Completing AT assessment and reports independently for specialised AT
• Supervising Speech Pathologists and AHA students in clinic
• Providing observation opportunities for new grads
• Being a buddy for new graduate Speech Pathologists
• Participating in MDT training and workshops
• Beginning to build skills in particular clinical areas
• Providing 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
• Resource packs made up to travel within the community
• Back-end processes 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)

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

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider
• Industries
• Public Health