Job FT/PT Paediatric Speech Pathologist - Private Clinic, Adelaide

Job title: FT/PT Paediatric Speech Pathologist - Private Clinic

Salary: $70,000 - $90,000 per annum + super

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm, Flexible working arrangement

Location: Hove, Adelaide

Our Client is a company that pride themselves in developing special relationships with our clients and their families. They are invested in your child's therapeutic outcomes and their overall wellbeing. They aim to support children with all abilities to live their best lives and achieve success their way.

They are looking for New graduate/early career or experienced SLP to join their friendly, collaborative, passionate, experienced SLP and OT team.

About the role:

• Provide assessment and intervention to clients with communication and swallowing difficulties to help them achieve and maintain optimal independence and quality of life


• Train carers in communicating effectively with clients, and work with assistants and other professionals to deliver effective therapeutic outcomes to reach functional goals


• Develop augmentative and alternative communication systems tailored to individual clients needs


• Develop swallowing intervention and mealtime plans and train carers on effective mealtime management support


• Work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team


• Be offered un-capped professional development allowances (some conditions may apply)

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Speech Pathology (or equivalent)


• Certified Practicing Speech Pathology Australia membership


• Knowledge of functional communication and swallowing assessments, interventions and outcome measures


• NDIS experience and understanding is preferrable but not essential


• A passion for assisting clients to reach their full potential


• A high level of written and verbal communication skills


• Current driver's licence and registered vehicle

Why work with us?

• We offer in house PD- monthly with the whole team (OT/SLP) and monthly within each discipline


• We have a supportive friendly, engaging team


• Staff are entitled to leave at 4.30 if their casenotes are complete and their last client has cancelled


• We have termly social events


• We aim to achieve a team goal for billable hours per week and the team are rewarded when this happens (some that we have done include- movie voucher, cafe voucher, paid lunch, massages in clinic)


• We provide the team with staff snacks that everyone is welcome to


• Offer a PD budget with 2 additional paid leave days (not taken from annual leave)


• Pay for yearly CPR, professional indemnity and public liability insurance, certificates/clearances i.e WWC check


• Offer a dedicated clinic room with a stocked resource cupboard, and access to a large shared resource room’


• Administrative support to take care of all billing, appointments, scheduling and enquiries

• New Graduate Program with weekly supervision and mentoring


• Building caseload for new graduates