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SalaryLooking for a Speech Pathologist role with flexible working hours that suit you?
Want a diverse caseload where you get to help people of all ages and in all areas of Speech Pathology?
Dreaming of real support, quality professional development and individualised career pathways to achieve your goals?
Join a supportive, fun team environment in an established and supportive private practice.
Whether you’re a new graduate looking for gradual caseload growth to build clinical excellence, or an experienced clinician looking for an opportunity that will help you to achieve your career goals, SpeechEase Speech Therapy can help get you there.
We are passionate about early intervention and easily accessible healthcare. This means one of our big goals is to bring Speech Pathology waitlists across the Townsville region to a wait time of less than 3 months so people in need can get the quality help they need, when it matters most. So, we are looking for amazing Speech Pathologists to continue to join our incredible team in Townsville to help us achieve our goal and better serve the Townsville community.
Part-Time and Full-Time options are available.
What We Offer:
- Wages aligned with or exceeding Queensland Health rates = $77000 to $131500 per year (not including super) depending on years of experience and roles undertaken.
- Flexible working hours to give you the ultimate work-life balance - be paid to do your administration work wherever and whenever you want! This means you can spend the afternoons with your children, soak in the morning sun or book those life appointments without having to take leave.
- A sustainable caseload (gradual increase to 25 hours a week, or 23 hours a week if new graduate) that won’t burn you out with never ending growth potential – you’ll get to support people of all ages and the full breadth of what Speech Pathology entails. This means your day will have variety, your skills and knowledge will always be growing, and you can find the areas you really love to work with the possibility to fill your day doing something that lights you up.
- A $5000 Professional Development Package and 5 days of PD Leave per year that you can use flexibly to achieve your professional growth goals and ensure you provide a high quality service to your clients.
- Individual clinical supervision with an experienced supervisor to suit your experience level, caseload and goals.
- Weekly team ‘Develop & Grow’ professional development sessions – hear from dietitians, occupational therapists, paediatricians, psychologists and more or dive into the latest research to ensure your service is of the highest quality.
- Individualised Career Pathways to support you to achieve your personal and professional goals. If you can dream it, we can build it! Some of the different pathways our team are currently undertaking include:
- High Income Earner – there is no limit on what you can earn with us!
- Clinical Education – give back to the profession and support the growth and learning of the next generation of speech pathologists by completing placements for a variety of universities.
- Clinical Mentor – put your leadership skills to work by providing clinical supervision to speech pathologists internal and external to our team.
- Clinical Lead – be a part of creating something amazing for our clients and communities by contributing to the development and refinement of policies, procedures and service provision with no red tape!
- Specialisation – embrace clinical excellence and take your skills to the next level in an area of speech pathology that you love and adore.
- Your own laptop and iPad for access to all the best apps and subscriptions as well as access to an abundant amount of online and physical resources to make delivering assessment and therapy as easy as possible.
- A super fun, dynamic and supportive team of people, both locally and across QLD, cheering you on to be the best you can be. We have regular Culture Awards, Team Days and an annual all expenses paid Team Retreat to keep those bonds as strong as ever – this year we’re headed to Daydream Island!
- Relocation assistance for people moving to the Townsville region - $2000 bonus + an additional week of annual leave!
SpeechEase Team Member Review:
“I think what I love most is that I look forward to coming to work each day! Whether I am excited because I have clients to see and work with, or I am just excited to come in and work with the team.” - Zia, SpeechEase Townsville
Skills, Experience and Values:
You are the best person for the SpeechEase team if you are dynamic, innovative, flexible, enthusiastic, supportive, person-centered, evidence-based, willing to learn and love to grow, keen to go the extra mile and able to have fun!
You will have the ability to work independently and within a supportive team to assist children and adults with communication and swallowing needs.
You will also:
- Have a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (or equivalent/higher)
- Be registered as a member of Speech Pathology Australia
- Be able to pass a NDIS Worker Screening Check and have a Blue Card
- Possess a C class driver’s licence and own vehicle for home and community-based sessions as required.
If this sounds like you, know that you’ll be joining a thoughtful and purpose-driven company committed to doing its absolute best by its clients, team and community as well as a team of people who will wholeheartedly support you to be the best Speech Pathologist and person you can be to achieve all your personal and professional goals.
SpeechEase Team Member Review:
“SpeechEase has a really supportive environment where you can openly share ideas and thoughts without fear of judgement or criticism. Always nice to know someone will have a door open when you need to grab them for a question, no matter big or small.” - Kelsey, SpeechEase Mackay
Questions?
If you have any questions about this role or want to express your interest in other roles with our team, please contact Kate.
How to Apply:
Hit ‘Apply Now’ and attach your resume and cover letter outlining why you want to join SpeechEase and how you are the right fit for our team.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 23-38 per week
Salary: $77,000.00 – $131,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance
- Relocation assistance
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexible hours
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Quarterly bonus
