Speech Pathologist Grade 3 Outpatient Rehabilitation

Full Time

Elsternwick

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About Allied Health services
Allied Health, which represents twelve professions, is a rapidly expanding and highly integrated service at Cabrini. The department plays a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across the organisation.

Cabrini Allied Health offers a wide range of opportunities, including senior consultant and leadership roles, clinical stream positions, junior staff rotation and support programs, professional development and teaching opportunities, and the cultivation of strong external and university partnerships. 

About the role
Are you looking to take the next step in your career & move into a leadership role?

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Speech Pathologist to join the Cabrini Speech Pathology team in this Grade 3 leadership position.  We also strongly encourage senior Grade 2 clinicians who may be ready to move into a Grade 3 role. 

This role will work in our rehabilitation team across Outpatient Neurology, our Parkinson's disease program & neuro-oncology homecare service and management of the Cabrini home-based palliative care service. This role will also provide clinical support and guidance for staff working at Brighton in the inpatient rehabilitation caseload.  We will work with the successful applicant to support this.

Key responsibilities

• Provide specialist current clinical knowledge & skills in the area of rehabilitation.
• Ensures the provision of clinical services is responsive to the needs of Cabrini patients.
• Leads goal setting & team objectives for relevant clinical services, as a senior member of the Allied Health team.
• Maintenance of ongoing personal professional development/continuing education.
• Initiates, implements and evaluates research and encourages staff to participate in research and quality projects.

 
About you

Along with your passion for speech pathology, you will have experience working with patients with communication & swallowing deficits of neurological origin; and experience working with patients who present with Parkinson's disease.  Experience working with palliative care patients is advantageous. Videofluoroscopy competency & LSVT certification is desirable.

You will have:

• Membership of Speech Pathology Australia.
• Strong leadership skills to lead the speech pathology rehabilitation team, and an ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Well consolidated and broad post-graduate experience in a hospital setting, ideally with experience in an outpatient setting.
• Experience in the assessment and management of adults with communication and swallowing disorders (including competency in videofluroscopy) for a range of aetiologies.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, which include excellent communication skills.

What we offer:

• Salary packaging: up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits
• Convenience: Vibrant Elsterwick location, close to local shops, cafes and public transport
• Travel Perks: Myki Commuter discounted fares
• A commitment to health and well-being initiatives including discounted access to a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to a range of retail offers, discounted hospital services and savings on eligible private health fund services

Interested? For further information view the full position description here or contact Head of Speech Pathology & Dietetics, Nadine Lawson on 0417 511 201

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.