Speech Pathologist

Adult / Adolescent Caseload - Disability + Neuro + Degenerative Disease

Ongoing Structured Training & Development with Personalised CPD

Specialised Office Support to Assist with Admin and Scheduling

RDO + Work From Home + Flexible Hours- Full-Time or Part-Time

Our "Why"

Recovery Station exists to empower people to live a quality life. We believe in creating the ideal work environment for you because when you are happy, healthy, well-skilled and fulfilled, you're in the best position to have a positive impact on everyone around you.  

Key Traits of Recovery Station:

• We love what we do because everyone's role contributes to helping our clients live a more independent, empowered life
• Collaborating with passionate, likeminded colleagues creates connection and facilitates personal and professional growth
• Keeping personalised care at the heart of what we do challenges us to seek new and innovative ways to deliver life-changing service

Joining Recovery Station means aligning with a company that believes in empowering you and your future.

The Role

As a community- based role, we see our clients in their homes, group homes, aged care facilities or in a public setting that's relevant for them eg in a café to test out some new AAC. We want to see our clients where they are most comfortable whilst also giving you a diverse role full of variety and learning opportunities. 

Day to day, some of our team schedule a full day of seeing 3 or 4 clients to start the week, then balance this by working from home or having an office day to write reports, prepare resources, have supervision / training. Or you can mix things up and split up your days depending how you like to work

A community role is ideal for someone looking for flexibility and control over how you structure your work week. Having genuine flexibility and trust from your manager really suits the members of our team who want to be able to do the school drop off/pick up or get to the gym and do some life admin when it's most convenient.

The role can be structured as full-time or part-time. We can tailor your caseload to service clients around the south-west/ shire depending where you are living. You'll have someone assigned to you from our admin support team who will work with you to ensure you are travelling at the most practical times and aren't zizagging around.

If you are a Senior or currently Supervising and you would like to complement managing your own caseload with leadership responsibilities, we are happy to discuss this as we have a team of experienced clinicians and new grads who would love to welcome another knowledgeable, experienced leader. 

How We Foster a Positive Team

We strive to provide an environment that allows you to bring what makes you unique and special to work everyday.

• We value flexibility so you can fit us in around your personal life eg family, sport, other work.
• Remuneration that matches your experience plus the option to stretch for RDO'sand financial bonuses if you choose
• We trust you to work from home, or in the office, via telehealth and we give you a laptop and pay a phone/ data allowance to support this + laundry allowance and uniform
• A member of our administrative team will assist you with scheduling your appointments efficiently to minimise travel, to make calls and take messages for you whilst you're in sessions and to assist with the maintenance of compliance documentation, such as setting up and adjusting funding plans
• Travel is reimbursed at $0.99/km + tolls and parking at appointments
• Novated leasing options
• Discounted Health Insurance for you and your family
• Ability to transfer between offices if you move one day
• An Employee Assistance Programis available to provide external, confidential support
• To bring us together as a team, we have a fun wellbeing program that involves monthly social events. Previously we've gone to mini golf, ten pin bowling, wheelchair basketball, made dumplings, candles and gingerbread houses, painted and celebrated important dates such as International Women's Day and mental health month and much more

From a professional development perspective:

• Your thorough Orientation will be supported by ongoing one on ones with your Supervisor to discuss goals personal to you via a CPD plan. For example do you want to learn about AAC or servicing Neuro clientsor receive more tailored leadership training?This is when you can chat about what you'd personally like to achieve
• These will be coupled with team meetings with your fellow speechie's so you can learn during in-service sessions, share ideas, resources and stay abreast of any industry updates
• We love facilitating development pathways for clinicians seeking career progression and added responsibility via either supervising students/ grads/ junior staff, increased complexity of caseload or involvement in management procedures depending on what avenue you'd like to explore
• Two days paid CPD leave per annum to access external training courses
• Formal and informal liaison opportunities with other members of our multi-disc team to broaden your clinical knowledge and provide holistic care to our clients
• Companywide training day where we bring the entire business together and invite external presenters to provide unique, tailored CPD for each discipline based on your requests

Qualifications

• Approved qualification in Speech Pathology and SPA registration
• Current driver's license with use of own vehicle
• NDIS Workers Screening and WWCC

How We Make an Impact

Recovery Station provides community and clinic based allied health services, with a strong focus on disability and senior health. For 20 years we have consistently grown and now proudly offer services nationally via telepractice and in the community across the Hunter, Central Coast, Sydney, Illawarra and Melbourne.

Together, our passionate, multidisciplinary team of Speech Pathologists, OTs, Mental Health OT's, Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Dietitians and Allied Health Assistants collaboratively share their knowledge and experience to holistically design an individualised service to help improve the quality of life for people living with a disability or looking to age as independently as possible.

Who Your Work Helps

The caseload is people over 16yrs of age, and includes those with a range of disabilities (e.g. intellectual disability, Autism, Down Syndrome), neurological events (e.g. stroke, acquired brain injury, brain tumour), and degenerative disease (e.g. Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Huntington's Disease, dementia).

You will service individuals with complex needs in the community and within group homes (including speech, language and swallowing assessments and therapy, mealtime management plans).

You will have the opportunity to provide assessment, therapy and management to clients with a range of speech pathology diagnosis including: non-verbal, dysphagia, dyspraxia, aphasia, pragmatics, voice clients.

The skills you will develop and demonstrate in the role:

• A high level of professional judgement and knowledge to provide a wide range of speech and language supports to adolescent and adults with a variety of needs
• Assess the communication and mealtime management abilities of the client utilising a range of assessment techniques and tools
• Design intervention plans that are holistic, client-centric and outcomes driven
• Provide support and assist clients, carers and families with the implementation of intervention plans and programs

With our training and support you will become confident in developing care plans and writing comprehensive reports based on your clinical understanding, completing various clinical assessments and implementing appropriate interventions to address prioritised needs.

The Next Steps

We hope the above has moved you to want to learn more about us, our mission and how you could add your uniqueness to our team. Check out our 2024 highlights below and there's more of us available on our social media + Q&A's on our Youtube. 

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