Address- Part Time, ongoing 22.8 hours a week
- Based in Kew - Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre
- Speech Pathologist Grade 2 (1-4)
About Mary Guthrie House - Neuropsychiatry Unit
Mary Guthrie House (also known as the Brain Disorders Unit) is a 30 bed unit providing slow stream recovery support to adults with an acquired brain injury (ABI) or neurodegenerative condition, and associated mental illness. The multidisciplinary team have a neuropsychiatric rehabilitation focus, working collaboratively with consumers (and their families/carers) to improve and maintain functional independence and to live their best life, as they define it.
About the role
The Speech Pathologist works closely with the multidisciplinary team to support the consumers
A regular day will see you:
- Problem solving creatively to support safe, quality care provision
- Fostering positive team culture with a focus on best outcomes for consumers
About you
To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:
- A passion for ensuring consumers and carers are at the centre of care provision
- Motiviation to ensure practice aligns with contremporary mental health models
- An appetite for expanding your clinicial leadership skills in a specialist service setting
- Highly developed communciation skills
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave (pro rate for part time), plus purchased leave options
Inclusion at Austin Health
We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, and people of any age.
Work with us!
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager.
