• Are you an experienced and skilled Senior Speech Pathologist who is passionate about working with children and young people?
• Would you like to join a strong multidisciplinary team including Speech Pathology peers, allied health and mental health professionals?
• Are you looking for a balanced and varied caseload with both Community Health funded and NDIS clients?
• Would you like to work in a brand-new purpose designed and built building?

Join a dynamic, collaborative, and friendly multidisciplinary children’s team to make a difference in the lives of children and their families on the beautiful Bellarine Peninsula. Enjoy the best of these coastal communities and clinically lead and support our dedicated Paediatric Speech team to deliver therapy services and programs.

This is a full time OR part time Grade 3 role.

About the team

The Child Health and Development (CHAD) team provide a multidisciplinary allied health service for children and young people primarily aged 0-12 years. It is comprised of a dynamic, collaborative and friendly team of occupational therapists, speech pathologists, a play therapist, and a child and family engagement practitioner.

About the role

The Senior Paediatric Speech Pathologist (Grade 3) will provide an efficient, high-quality service to children from across the Bellarine. You will function as a member of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, working closely with CHAD team members to promote an integrated and holistic service, including:

• Providing strong clinical leadership to ensure an engaged, collaborative, and innovative Speech Therapy team.
• Providing clinical expertise and supervision to the Speech Therapy team.
• Enhancing the team’s ability to assess, diagnose and treat paediatric conditions.
• Working alongside the Child Health Manager in supporting staff capacity building, speech pathology service review, development, and growth.
• Supporting quality improvement activities, including the review and implementation of clinical service delivery models to enhance service quality, outcomes and demand management
• Supporting multi-disciplinary team collaboration and transdisciplinary models of support.
• Supporting the development of an early career/graduate pathway and the coordination of Speech student placements.
• Provision of high-quality speech pathology services to children and families.

To be successful you will require:

• Tertiary Speech Pathology qualification (Bachelor or Masters) and registration with Speech Pathology Australia.
• Minimum of 7 years post qualifying professional practice.
• Advanced clinical skills and demonstrated experience in teaching, mentoring, supervision and support of Speech Pathologists and students.
• Extensive knowledge and experience working with children, young people and their families conducting assessments and delivering speech pathology intervention-based services and programs within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience leading, or high-level involvement with, quality improvement initiatives, clinical leadership, or in change management.

What we offer

To support you to balance your work/life commitments, grow your skills and expertise, enjoy work and feel valued we offer the following:

• Generous salary packaging benefits
• Monthly accrued days off (ADO) for full time staff
• Career advancement opportunities and frequent graded clinical supervision
• A supportive positive workplace culture, managerial and senior leadership support
• Generous leave arrangements including 5 weeks annual leave
• Flexible work environment with ability to work from home
• Professional Indemnity Insurance covered
• Discounted gym membership at seven sites across the region
• Employee assistance program

Conditions of Employment

• A current National Police Check
• A current Working with Children Check
• A current Victorian Driver’s Licence
• NDIS Worker Screening check

How to Apply

To find out more, please contact Gus Campbell, Child Health and Development Manager, by phone on 0407 851 895 or email [email protected].

The Position Description is available here: PD Senior Paed Speech Pathologist_Senior Clinician Grade 3.

Please submit your application to [email protected] today – applications are being assessed as they are received, with final applications closing at 5pm on Wednesday 12th March 2025. Please indicate your preferred hours in your cover letter.

Bellarine Community Heath is an inclusive employer. We are a family friendly workplace and aim to create a work environment where all employees are respected, connected, and can contribute, regardless of age, culture, ability, family and caring responsibilities, gender or gender identity, Indigeneity, religion, or sexuality. We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of diversity.

Bellarine Community Health is committed to protect children and reduce any opportunities for abuse or harm to occur.

Bellarine Community Health acknowledges the Wathaurong people as the Traditional Custodians of the Wadawurrung land on which our sites are located and across which we provide services and programs for the diverse community. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace and welcome people from all cultures and backgrounds to our service.