Health Practitioner

**About the Role**:
The Speech Pathology student performs a range of clinical support activities and on the job skills development while engaged in formal full-time or part-time tertiary studies necessary to acquire the relevant entry level qualification (mandatory) for employment as a Health Practitioner in Queensland.
Speech Pathology students are employed casually to accommodate the commitments required by their studies while gaining employment exposure to the workplace. The student contributes to Speech Pathology service delivery model in the provision of effective patient care within Metro South Hospital and Health Service, working under the guidance and practice supervision of an allied health professional.
This position reports operationally to the Director of Speech Pathology & Audiology, Logan-Beaudesert.
**About You**:
We are looking for people from all backgrounds to ensure our hospital reflects the diversity of our community.
- Perform a defined range of clinical assessment and treatment tasks as allocated by the Allied Health professional and work under their supervision.
- A passion for creating positive change in patient outcomes.
- The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- A commitment to excellence in everything you do.
- The capacity to balance workload to ensure timely patient care.

**What we can offer you**:

- We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
- We're a teaching and research hospital with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions. We want to empower you to build a long-term career at Logan Hospital, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role.
- You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values underpin what we care about as a health service, how we treat each other and our commitment to caring for the community. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.
**Logan Hospital**:
You'll be joining Logan Hospital at the most exciting time in its 33-year history We're the major health centre for the Logan region - one of the fasted growing regions in Queensland with one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the state.
Our community is one of the most diverse in Australia, with 27 per cent of residents born overseas. This brings a diverse range of patients & an opportunity to make a real difference in the community. We provide a broad range of healthcare services from birth through to end-of-life, including medical, surgical, mental health, maternity, paediatrics and rehabilitation.
Now's the time to join the team at Logan Hospital. With Queensland's largest ever hospital expansion with a total capital investment of more than half a billion dollars underway, you'll have all the benefits of working for a big, metropolitan hospital, while being part of a 'small town' team that values who you are and what you do.
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