Speech Pathologist

About the job

• Adult Caseload - Disability + Neuro + Degenerative Disease
• Ongoing Training & Development with Personalised CPD
• Competitive Remuneration + Bonus & RDO Incentives
• Flexible Hours to Suit What's Important To You - 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 predominantly see our clients either 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.

Some of our team schedule a full day of seeing clients one day, then balance this with a work from home day or an office day to write reports, prepare resources, have supervision / training. Or you can mix things up depending how you like to work.

A community role is great as it allows you to have genuine flexibility and control over how you structure your days and therefore you don't miss your afternoon sport or being able to drop the kids to school in the mornings / pick them up in the afternoons!

Logistically, we have a waterfront office in Toronto with convenient free parking and the role can be structured as full-time or part-time. Depending where you are based, we can tailor your caseload to service clients around Maitland/ Newcastle or Lake Macquarie. You will have someone assigned to you in admin to assist with scheduling appointments and they will work with you to ensure you aren't zigzagging around the Hunter and you'll have clients to see close to home.

We are also currently supporting clinicians relocate to Australia and register with SPA so reach out and ask about it!

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 nearly 20 years we have consistently grown and now proudly offer support to people with diverse needs across the Greater Hunter, Central Coast, Sydney and Illawarra regions.

Together, our passionate, multidisciplinary team of OTs, Mental Health OT’s, Psychologists, Speech Pathologists, 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 advanced clinical understanding, application of various clinical assessments and implementation of appropriate interventions to address prioritised needs.

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.
• You deserve remuneration that matches your experience plus the option to stretch for RDO’s and 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
• An Employee Assistance Program is available to provide external, confidential support
• To celebrate success and bring us together as a team, we have a fun wellbeing program that involves monthly social events such as our Mental Health Games, cooking and art classes, trivia and barefoot bowls

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 clients? This is when you can chat about what you'd personally like to achieve
• These will be complimented with team meetings with your fellow SP'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
• Formal and informal liaison opportunities with other members of our MDT to broaden your clinical knowledge and provide holistic care to our clients
• All-company training day where we bring the entire business together and invite external presenters for each discipline

The Next Steps

We hope the above has moved you to want to learn more about us, our mission and how you could fit into our team.

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