Join the collaborative and forward-thinking Allied Health Service at CHHHS and play a key role in improving health outcomes across regional, rural, and remote communities. As the Speech Pathologist – Senior you will deliver high level rural generalist speech pathology services to improve the speech, language and swallowing skills of patients at Innisfail, Tully and Babinda Hospitals, as a member of a multidisciplinary team.

Job details

About us: The outer western region of our service includes extremely remote communities. Cairns Hospital is the only major referral hospital in Far North Queensland and also provides care for people from Cape York and the Torres Strait.

About your role:

• Apply professional judgement to a complex and varied caseload, and independently assess, diagnose and manage swallow and communication impairments, adapting routine clinical practice where necessary to establish a flexible and client-centred service delivery.
• Actively participate in initiating, developing, implementing and evaluating quality and service improvement activities.
• Work cooperatively, effectively and assist the Team Leader Allied Health and the Director of Speech Pathology & Audiology to promote optimal service provision and outcomes including assisting and contributing to effective administration and management of resources.
• Manage daily organisation of the workload of the Speech Pathology Service Cassowary Hub in the most appropriate manner using planning, time management skills and prioritisation.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CAH659968 Role description (PDF, 374KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants