Paediatric Speech Pathology

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 55397

**Grade 2 Paediatric Speech Pathologist - New Infant Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Program Monash Health Community - Full Time**

**About Monash Health**

**About Monash Health in the Community**: Helping people live their best lives

As Monash Health in the Community, we actively engage with people to improve and maintain health, independence and well-being. We do this by coordinating and/or providing integrated, multidisciplinary care across multiple settings within the local community. Our aim is to help clients live their best lives by enabling them to access the support they need, when they need it.

Working with clients across the age spectrum, Monash Health in the Community provides a continuum of care, supporting clients through all stages of non-acute care from prevention through to rehabilitation.

We provide services to support clients in their homes, community based facilities and dedicated Monash Health Community hubs.
- We provide quality care focused on the person in the context of their life;
- We are interdisciplinary and innovative with a can-do attitude;
- We view change and challenge as great opportunities.

**Infant Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub**

The Infant Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hubs is a new service in partnership with Monash Health Community, Mental Health colleagues in Early in Life Mental Health Services and external service providers. The successful applicant will work with Children aged up to and including 11 years, experiencing one or more of the following: developmental, emotional, relational, or behavioral challenges and their families of eligible children, to support healthy child development and supportive family relationships and environments. These services will provide therapy that considers all aspects of an infant's or child's life. Including wellbeing support, peer support and care coordination to help with different kinds of challenges including difficulty in attending school and mental health concerns.The Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub will sit alongsideELHMS - Monash Childrens andthe Child and Family Program - Monash Health Community

**About the Role**

The Grade 2 Paediatric Speech Pathologist will work within the community health directorate and will be required to provide an efficient, high-quality service across the region in various settings. You will function as a member of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, working closely with team members from the Child family program and Early in Mental Health Service to promote an integrated and holistic service.

Please refer to the Position Description attached for full details.

**You Are Also**:

- Dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- Committed to delivering patient centered care & a patient advocacy
- Enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively

**What You Need**:

- Speech Pathology: Appropriate Graduate Qualification and proof of Speech Pathology membership or eligibility for membership
- Working With Children's
- Police Check
- Driving License
- Australian working rights

**What’s in it for you?**

You will be part of a dynamic changing environment that will have future growth. You will also have access to a range of corporate benefits, including salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take-home pay.

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.