Senior Speech Pathologist – Deadly Ears Program

About the role

Children's Health Queensland is recruiting a Senior Speech Pathologist for its Deadly Ears program in Brisbane, South. The role delivers clinical and population-based speech pathology services aimed at improving early detection and access to early intervention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with conductive hearing loss in rural and remote communities, and supports workforce development for student and professional workforces, services and sector partners.

Key responsibilities

• Independently deliver high-level speech pathology clinical care, including assessment, consultancy, education and health promotion, based on evidence-based paediatric practice, Queensland Health's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural capability framework and legal, ethical and professional obligations aligned with Speech Pathology Australia registration standards.
• Provide high-level speech pathology services within the Deadly Kids, Deadly Futures framework.
• Develop workforce development and organisational capacity-building strategies for health, early years and education services and staff to optimise communication outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with conductive hearing loss.
• Deliver health promotion initiatives to raise community and service provider understanding of the impact of conductive hearing loss on communication development.
• Participate in and deliver clinical supervision, professional development and in-service education.
• Contribute to planning, implementation and evaluation of service improvement projects.
• Help develop or review local, state and national clinical policies, protocols and guidelines, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver them.

Required profile

• Ability to deliver high-quality clinical care and apply clinical skills to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with conductive hearing loss and their families.
• Commitment to the Children's Health Queensland Leadership Excellence Framework, the Queensland Public Service and the CHQ values.

What we offer

• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Competitive remuneration with annual pay increases.
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution and 17.5% annual leave loading.
• Salary packaging.
• Employee wellness and assistance program.
• Work/life balance, variety and flexibility.

The position is a fixed-term temporary role (6 months) in Brisbane, South, open to flexible full-time or part-time arrangements. Applications are made online through the Queensland Health careers site; agency referrals are not accepted.