Speech Pathologist

Your new role:

We are seeking a Senior Speech Pathologist to join the Acute team at Princess Alexandra Hospital, delivering high-quality, evidence-based services within a supportive and collaborative environment. In this role, you will:

Provide expert clinical Speech Pathology services across acute inpatients, the spinal cord injuries unit, and specialist outpatient services, including participation in the weekend service roster.

Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and research activities that advance patient care and the profession.

Supervise and support less experienced clinicians, students, and Allied Health Assistants to foster growth and development.

Act as a key clinical reference point within the Speech Pathology team, applying independent judgement in complex clinical decision-making.

About you:

A skilled and motivated Speech Pathologist who thrives in a fast-paced, healthcare environment and is passionate about improving patient outcomes. You will have:

Proven expertise in delivering complex Speech Pathology services in acute care, spinal cord injury, and/or specialist outpatient settings.

Well-developed clinical and time management skills, with the capacity to prioritise and manage competing demands in a complex caseload.

Demonstrated leadership qualities, including the ability to supervise, mentor, and educate less experienced staff and students.

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What we can offer you:

We want to empower you to build a long-term career, 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.

Princess Alexandra Hospital:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. 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 Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

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