Speech Pathologist

Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

St John of God Bendigo Hospital is a 122-bed contemporary private hospital located in central Victoria providing high quality acute medical and surgical health care services for people in Bendigo and surrounding areas.

Your Role at St John of God Bendigo Hospital

You will work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to provide clinical speech pathology services to clients/patients using evidence based clinical practice skills.

Our areas of specialty include inpatient acute medical and rehabilitation wards, covering surgical and ICU patients. We also provide outpatient rehabilitation services with a strong focus on progressive neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and post-stroke recovery.

Shifts are available Monday to Friday to cover both planned and unplanned staffing leave. The successful candidate must be confident and able to work independently as the sole Speech Pathologist on shift.

The Position

• Assessment of patients with communication, cognitive and swallowing disorders
• Development of individual treatment and therapy programs (with long and short term goals)
• Completes clinical documentation and undertakes administrative tasks as required. This may include communication of assessment results and therapy outcomes to the referring party and other parties involved in the patient's management.
• Actively prioritises own caseload including participating in relevant clinical review meetings and case conferences as appropriate.
• Supports and liaises with patients, carers, colleagues, medical, nursing, allied health, support staff, external agencies and the private sector to provide coordinated
• multidisciplinary care
• Educate patients/carers in assessment, treatment and post discharge management and organise discharge summaries/referrals to other services, as appropriate.

You will have tertiary qualification in Speech Pathology and current full membership to Speech Pathology Australia and demonstrate knowledge and skills in assessment, treatment and evaluation within Speech Pathology practice.

To succeed you will have to demonstrate ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values

We can offer you

• Salary: $44.68 to $61.78 per hour (includes casual loading), plus 12% superannuation
• Casual position available
• As a casual employee, you can salary package a percentage of your earnings each pay period
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, and well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Dynamic multidisciplinary team

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.

For enquiries contact, Berni Thomas, Allied Health Manager on

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.