Speech Pathology Team Manager

About Soaring Health
Soaring Health is an award-winning allied health care centre with 6 state of the art clinics throughout Melbourne. Our clinics offer a range of onsite, remote, and in-home services to clients receiving Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Psychology, Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, Dietetics and Allied Heath care services. Our dedicated team is passionate about enriching lives so that people can go on living.

Benefits
Flexible working hours

Complete autonomy with calendar and bookings

Working within a state-of-the-art facility with dedicated front-end team

Work-life balance

What You Will Do
In addition to the Senior Speech Pathologist roles & responsibilities:

Speech – support to speak more clearly and be understood

Language – support for people who may have trouble putting their ideas and thoughts into words and sentences or who may need support with reading and writing

Augmentative and Alternative Communication – support using devices for people with complex communication needs

Social Skills – support to improve the understanding of the rules for social interaction and awareness of body language, facial expressions and voice tone to improve social interactions

Stuttering – provide strategies to support smooth speech delivery and management of stuttering to increase confidence

Voice – provide exercises and support to optimise voice quality and develop healthy vocal habits

Working with adults and children who have a range of conditions:

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Down Syndrome

Cerebral Palsy

Developmental delays

Stutters

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Intellectual disabilities

Cleft Palate

Voice disorders

Swallowing – make mealtime more enjoyable by reducing risk and increasing acceptance of different foods and textures

Team Management - Clinical And Staff Support Duties
Supporting new graduates

Seeing a greater variety of clients who are complex

Ensuring your SP team staff members are able to complete AT assessment and reports independently

To be able to effectively supervise AHA students in clinic doing placement

Give opportunity to new grads to observe you while seeing clients

Be the main support for new grad Speech Paths

Participate in MDT training and workshops

You Will Also Be Responsible For
Governance of clinical practice guidelines.

Implementing and maintaining clinical guidelines with SP team.

Ensuring compliance with all early intervention and behaviour support procedures.

Ensuring early childhood practice guidelines are implemented and being met where necessary.

Ensure the team is meeting NDIS quality and practice guidelines.

Ensuring policies and policies are implemented within their department.

Recruitment for staff in the team across all sites and ensure that they meet the relevant qualifications needed for the position.

Management of KPIs for all staff in the team as well as team performance.

Reporting to Head of Allied Health with results of KPIs and training.

Taking on very complex and serious cases where seniors are unable to.

Hiring and firing of staff.

Resource management and budget allocation as per HEAH.

How We Will Support You
Dedicated admin team

Dedicated HR and finance team to look after all admin affairs

Dedicated team leaders and team manager in each department

Fully stocked clinics with resources

Ability to have resource packs made up to travel within the community

Back-end processes in place to make daily work easier

Resource budget per discipline per month

Dedicated internal/external supervision and mentoring as well as PD

Opportunities for observation of more experienced/ specialized staff across disciplines

What's In It For You
Advancement of clinical knowledge

Working with preferred caseload and client types

Ongoing clinical development

Regular mentoring and supervision

Team specific meetings and support

In-house PD at no cost (Over 40 PD hours per year)

More Benefits
Access to a work car for community and remote work

Paid travel for community work

Paid PD leave

PD budget per calendar year

Paid staff meetings and professional development in-house

Access for work vehicle and work-related travel coverage

Access to gym and swim facilities at our sites located inside leisure centres

Let your career soar at Soaring Health