Speech Pathologist

About Western Health

There is no better time to join Western Health, now with a workforce of over 12,000 employees, significant investment has recently seen the completion of six new Units, the new Footscray Hospital construction being well on the way and the new Bacchus Marsh Hospital project. We are seeking a Paediatric Speech Pathologist/Therapist.

The Role

Based at Melton Health Hub, it is expected that you will;

• Work within the Integrated Community Health Service in a new NDIS Rapid Access Program (RAP)
• Conduct the initial triage assessments and autism assessments
• Work within a large multidisciplinary team, alongside Paediatricians, Psychologists, OTs, Social Workers, Physios and Allied Health Assistants
• Play an integral part, ensuring our community are gaining faster access to support and drastically reducing a typical 6-8 month waitlist to 6 weeks
• Support families with onward referral to community based and NDIS ECEI partners
• Enable young people and their families to achieve their goals and reach their potential.

Selection Criteria

• Have current membership of Speech Pathology Australia
• Have experience undertaking assessments with paediatric clients and developing individual intervention and program plans based on assessments
• Have experience working with NDIS service system
• Ideally have experience working within an autism assessment space.

Western Health Benefits

• Quality Professional Development with lots of support
• Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing (potentially reducing your tax and maximise your net salary)
• Work-life balance