Speech Pathologist - Senior (Child Development), Queensland Health Are you passionate about helping children and families navigate the challenges of neurodevelopmental delays? As a Senior Speech Pathologist, you'll play a key role in delivering high-level diagnostic assessments and therapeutic services within a collaborative, multidisciplinary Child Development Service. Work closely with a supportive team to create impactful outcomes for children, while developing your leadership and professional skills in a dynamic and rewarding environment.
What your day will look like…. In this role, you'll engage in a variety of clinical tasks, from providing speech pathology assessments and designing tailored therapy plans, to working closely with families throughout the diagnostic process. You'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess complex cases and apply evidence-based practices to improve health outcomes for children. You'll also have the opportunity to lead service improvements, mentor junior staff, and contribute to ongoing professional development. Each day brings a balance of direct clinical care, team collaboration, and the chance to influence the development of the service, all while ensuring the best possible support for the children and families in your care.
Let's talk about you! Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding. Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do. Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do. Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better. Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up. Why Us? Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements Education opportunities, Study and Research Paid parental leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Discounted Private Health Insurance Fitness Passport Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility Generous Salary Sacrificing Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
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