Speech Pathology Team Manager

Overview
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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 Health 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
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: ASD, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental delays, Stutters, 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 procedures 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
Job Details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Other
Industries: Public Health
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