Paediatric Speech Pathologist Community Health
Join us as a key member of our children's speech pathology team in Northern Sydney Local Health District. We are recruiting to a temporary full time and a temporary part-time position in our Northern Beaches sector working across both Seaforth and Mona Vale Community Health Centres.
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time and Part time positions available until 30 June 2026 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Speech Pathologist Level 1/2
Remuneration: $1,407.23 - $2,007.59 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ557659
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism.
Where you'll be working
Mona Vale and Seaforth Community Health Centres.
What you'll be doing
The Speech Pathologist (SP) works in the Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Community Health Speech Pathology Service. Professionally and operationally the role reports to the NSLHD CYF Speech Pathology Team Leader. Clinically the Speech Pathologist works as part of a multidisciplinary team providing child-focused assessment and therapy programs within our district's community health centres.
This clinical role focusses on children’s development in the first 2000 days of life, and is accountable for providing safe, trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, evidence-based, child-centered, neurodiversity affirming, specialist SP services to children with developmental support needs, and their families, within an integrated community health context. The SP works in partnership with parents and children, to enhance short-term and lifetime outcomes for children who need extra support to develop their speech, language, and communication skills before they start school and assists parent/carers to understand children’s needs and enhance capacity to support their development. The role also contributes to development of resources for children from diverse backgrounds for individual and group therapy contexts.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Bachelor or post graduate degree in Speech Pathology and eligibility for membership of Speech Pathology Australia.
- Demonstrated well-developed interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrated computer literacy and ability to use health information systems.
- Demonstrate skills and knowledge in the provision of Speech Pathology service to consumers, carers and families requiring assessment, case management, intervention, appropriate referral and discharge planning.
- Proven ability to work independently and to establish effectively collaboratively working relationships within a multi-disciplinary team and interagency networks.
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For role related queries or questions contact Anastasia Scott on Anastasia.Scott@health.nsw.gov.au or 0428 984 596.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 13 March 2025
Tentative Interview Dates: Week commencing 27 March 2025
