Senior Speech Pathologist

Your new role:As a Senior Speech Pathologist, you will provide specialist speech pathology and mental health case management services within the Bayside Child and Youth Mental Health team. Working collaboratively with consumers, families and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will deliver person-centred care while contributing to clinical leadership and service development.

In this role, you will:Deliver comprehensive speech pathology assessments, interventions and mental health case management for children and young people.Provide clinical advice, supervision and support to junior clinicians, students and Allied Health Assistants.Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, families and community services to achieve positive consumer outcomes.

Lead and contribute to clinical education, quality improvement and evidence-based service development.About you:You are an experienced and motivated Speech Pathologist with strong clinical expertise and a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people experiencing mental health challenges. You bring a collaborative approach, confident communication skills and the ability to provide clinical leadership in a dynamic multidisciplinary environment.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:Advanced knowledge and experience delivering speech pathology and mental health case management services.Strong communication, collaboration and clinical advisory skills, including the ability to manage complex situations.Excellent clinical judgement, workload prioritisation and care coordination skills.

Proven ability to supervise and mentor clinicians and students, and contribute to service improvement initiatives.Check out our quick tips and application essentials!What we can offer you:We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.

We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role. You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services:Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes.

A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCEOur values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

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