Senior Speech Pathologist

Job description

Senior Speech Pathologist – Adelaide Metro area

The company

Operating for more than 160 years, you will be joining a leading not-for-profit company that supports South Australians in need and who work with them, in the community, to transform their lives for the better.

By supporting their clients across the lifespan, from paediatric to adult to aged care clients, therapists can support a varied caseload to achieve their therapy goals. Driven by their values, which include Integrity, Compassion and Equity, they aim to provide the best therapeutic care to their clients across South Australia.

Benefits of working with this company include:

• Competitive salary package of between $89k and $94k base salary plus salary packaging and superannuation
• Full autonomy over your own calendar to reflect your caseload and how you like to work
• Continuous learning and growth opportunities provided by industry-leading clinicians

The role

As the Senior Speech Pathologist, you will be working with the outreach leadership team to support the delivery of high-quality therapeutic services to children, young people and adults living with a disability or mental health challenges to include their families.

The duties and responsibilities of the Senior Speech Pathologist will include, but not be limited to:

• Planning, implementing and evaluating a range of assessments, programs and services for your clients
• Assess the needs of customers allocated to caseload and develop therapy plans
• Providing regular supervision and professional development to your caseload, other therapists, allied health assistants and students
• Supporting staff with the scheduling of clients
• Guide, support and mentor staff performance and development to ensure the provision of high quality therapy in line with evidence-based practice
• Orientation of new therapists, monitoring performance of therapists and providing feedback to Clinical Lead, where required
• Proactively engage the community and potential customers to promote services and develop therapy plans appropriately
• Participate in regular supervision
• Ensure all documentation is outcome based, accurate and completed in a professional and timely manner

About you

To be considered for the role of Senior Speech Pathologist, you will have at least 3 years’ experience as a Speech Pathologist with a demonstrated knowledge of developmental delays and disabilities related to children, young people and adults.

In addition to the above, you will also have:

• A University degree in Speech Pathology
• Current and full general registration with SPA
• Excellent communication, time management and organisational skills
• Current police clearance
• Current SA Working with Children Check and NDIS worker check
• Current driving licence
• Full Australian working rights

If you feel you have the relevant experience for the role of Senior Speech Pathologist, then please submit your most recent resume outlining your relevant experience for immediate consideration.

Alternatively, contact our dedicated Allied Health consultant for Talent Quarter via the below:

Lorraine Morrison:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 08 6255 6530