Senior Paediatric Speech Pathologist Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks Preschool Program
Join us as the senior clinician in the Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks in Preschools Team, part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District Child, Youth and Family Community Health Service. You’ll work alongside experienced colleagues, playing an essential role in delivering the NSW First 2000 Days Framework to support preschool-aged children and their families in early childhood education settings.
This is a permanent, full-time position. A single full-time appointment is preferred, with a job share (3 days / 2 days) considered for suitable applicants.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Speech Pathologist Level 3
Remuneration: $2,329.85 - $2,405.34 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ703366
Position Classification: Speech Pathologist Level 3
Remuneration: $2,329.85 - $2,405.34 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ703366
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.
- Innovation is at our core, with opportunities for research driven evidence based practice, ensuring our work remains engaging and fulfilling.
- Clear pathways for career progression, supported by training secondments, recognition and mentorship, empower employee and leaders alike to reach their professional goals.
- Join us on a journey to a place where every achievement is celebrated and every opportunity is embraced.
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
Royal North Shore Community Health Centre as part of the Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks Team
What you'll be doing
The Senior Speech Pathologist (Level 3) is a key member of the interdisciplinary Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks (BBHDC) Preschool Team, within the NSLHD Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Community Health Service. You’ll provide senior clinical leadership in developmental surveillance screening for preschool-aged children attending Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services across Northern Sydney.
Where you'll be working
Royal North Shore Community Health Centre as part of the Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks Team
What you'll be doing
The Senior Speech Pathologist (Level 3) is a key member of the interdisciplinary Brighter Beginnings Health and Development Checks (BBHDC) Preschool Team, within the NSLHD Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Community Health Service. You’ll provide senior clinical leadership in developmental surveillance screening for preschool-aged children attending Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services across Northern Sydney.
BBHDC is a collaboration between NSW Health and the NSW Department of Education, focused on early identification of children’s health and developmental needs and timely access to the right services before school entry.
You’ll lead across the pre-screening, screening and post-screening phases, with the strongest emphasis on post-screening: reviewing findings, leading outcome classification and referral pathways, providing clinical oversight and escalation for complex or high-risk cases, engaging parents about next steps, and ensuring safe clinical handover to CYF or external services. You’ll bring advanced expertise in paediatric speech, language and communication to guide decision-making, and you’ll work in partnership with families, educators and interagency partners, including families from diverse backgrounds and those experiencing vulnerability. When required, you’ll also provide timely clinical assessment and group-based intervention for children identified through screening, within clear scope boundaries aligned with the BBHDC model.
You’ll support and mentor junior clinicians and assistants, contribute to protocols, quality improvement and capacity-building for staff, educators and caregivers, and help maintain program fidelity.
Our philosophy of care is working in partnership with families, providing child-centred, safe, culturally sensitive, trauma and evidence-informed, neurodiversity affirming and integrated care that supports lifelong health, development, learning, wellbeing and social participation.
This is a permanent, full-time position. A single full-time appointment is preferred. A job share (3 days / 2 days) considered for suitable applicants. If you are applying for a job share, please say so in your application.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- A bachelor or postgraduate degree in Speech Pathology which provides eligibility for membership of Speech Pathology Australia. Demonstrated high-level clinical expertise in paediatric Speech Pathology, with evidence of extensive clinical experience as a minimum Level 2 Speech Pathologist, including specialist assessment and care planning for children aged 0-6 years with complex developmental, social or health needs.
- Demonstrated ability to provide trauma-informed care, and ability to work in partnership with families to respond to the needs of vulnerable families and priority population groups - with ability to engage with and provide information, guidance and education to parents, caregivers and Early Childhood educators to promote optimal child communication and language skill development.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise independent, high-level clinical judgement and make timely decisions about a child’s next step with limited information, while working within clear scope boundaries. Please describe how you decide when a child needs further assessment, referral or escalation rather than ongoing intervention, and how you have supported less experienced clinicians to make similar decisions.
Demonstrated excellent written communication, interpersonal and verbal communication skills with the ability to establish effective, collaborative working relationships with clients and other service providers to negotiate and coordinate interdisciplinary care that optimises outcomes for children.
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For role related queries or questions contact Apichaya Bushell on fay.bushell@health.nsw.gov.au
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.
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Applications Close: 5 November 2026
Tentative Interview Date: 24 November 2026
