Enjoy the Far North lifestyle while working with the Speech Pathology Department as an Audiologist - Senior. You will Deliver high quality, evidenced-based, paediatric and adult clinical audiology services to clients within the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, including electrophysiological assessment, and neonatal/paediatric diagnostic audiology to support delivery of the Healthy Hearing Program.

Job details

About us: 

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About your opportunity: 

This role will liaise with members of the Audiology, Heathy Hearing statewide service and ENT service stream to ensure best practice and high quality patient care is provided for all patients and provide day to day clinical supervision, training and support to audiologists, audiology students and audiology assistant staff as required.

About your role: 

• Deliver independent, high level audiology clinical services to adult and paediatric clients within the Audiology Department and ENT service (including standard audiology assessments and electrophysiological assessments, as appropriate).
• Exercise independent professional judgement, clinical decision making and problem solving skills, in matters beyond routine practice with infrequent clinical practice supervision.
• Work cooperatively and effectively within the team and with clients, their families, community groups, other health professionals, supervisors and students.
• Actively participate in initiating, developing and implementing quality improvement activities to enhance the delivery of audiology services and multidisciplinary care.
• Work flexibly across all caseloads within the inpatient and outpatient streams and across other service streams in response to changing clinical demand.

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.

• CAH638174 Role Description (PDF, 830KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants