Speech Pathologist - Grade 2

• Permanent Contract up to 72 hours (9 day fortnight)
• Maternity Leave Contract - Up to 80 hrs - June 2025
• Caseload negotiable (adults / paediatrics)

Northeast Health Wangaratta (NHW) is a growing sub-regional health service which provides best-practice clinical care to the Central Hume region. NHW is proud to have recently opened an expanded emergency department, medical ward, new ICU and redeveloped paediatric, special care nursery and maternity wards. NHW offers exciting clinical diversity with an extensive range of acute, sub-acute, aged care and community services.

We are seeking experienced, motivated, dynamic and solution focused speech pathologists to support our expanded services and join our growing team of 10 Grade 1, 2 & 3 speech pathologists.

We currently have positions available within our inpatient setting across the acute and/or rehabilitation wards where the successful applicant will be supported to upskill in adult videofluoroscopy and paediatric feeding in the special care nursery. We also have an opportunity to work with our team of speech pathologists in the paediatric community health setting working with children from birth to school entry who have disorders in speech, language, fluency and/or voice. The successful applicants will be required to deliver high quality, evidence based speech pathology assessment and intervention whilst working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

In these roles, the successful applicants will supervise and mentor junior staff and students and will be supported to grow and streamline our services through driving innovation and managing designated portfolios in line with department and organisational priorities. There is opportunity to work closely with our Dietetics team within our inpatient Food Service portfolio if this is an area of interest for you.

Experienced grade 1's are encouraged to apply, as are those seeking casual and / or weekend work.

Our Region:

• Wangaratta has a population of approximately 30,000 and our catchment serves a community of around 100 000 throughout the northeast.
• An easy 2 ½ hours drive on the Hume freeway from Melbourne and less than an hour to Albury airport with direct flights to most of the large Australian cities.
• We have over 11 schools including private Catholic and Anglican schooling options for pre-year 12.
• Our region is a popular destination year-round. It boasts multiple national parks, picturesque small towns, award winning restaurants, wineries and breweries. 
• Whether you want to hike, mountain bike and ski in the mountains, paddle the rivers or cruise on the rail trails there is something for everyone in the northeast.
• https://www.visitwangaratta.com.au/Home
• https://www.victoriashighcountry.com.au/snow/

The successful applicant will benefit from:

• Competitive remuneration, novated leasing and full salary packaging benefits Available. If you have relocated permanently you may also be able to substantially increase your take-home pay by salary packaging some or all of your relocation costs.
• Full time employees have the option to be able to purchase additional leave if they wish.
• Option to be able to swap any existing public holiday to another religious holiday or day of significance of your choice.
• Employee Assistant Programs (EAP)
• Well being programs and discounted corporate gym membership
• Social Club Benefits
• Support for our diverse workforce

Applying for the role:

• Enquiries can be made with Sarah Coles on (03) 5722 5566
• Confirmation of full Covid-19 and Influenza Vaccination or an approved medical exemption is required upon application
• A PD for this role can be downloaded below or at www.northeasthealth.org.au/careers/jobs/
• Applications must address the key selection criteria from the PD
• Employment Statutory Declaration form must be submitted with your application
• To apply for this position hit Apply Now/Join Now or head over to our careers page at www.northeasthealth.org.au/careers/jobs/
• All additional documents can be uploaded within the application after filling in the key selection criteria
• Applications close Sunday, 8th September 2024

NHW do not accept unsolicited applications from recruitment companies