Deliver quality speech pathology services across the continuum of care to patients and families of the Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service as part of a team of speech pathologists or within an inter-disciplinary or multi-disciplinary team, to provide tertiary level health services to children and adolescents.

Job details

Role Details

Clinical Practice

• Deliver quality speech pathology clinical services across a variety of caseloads in an acute hospital, rehabilitation, developmental or community setting in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
• As experience builds, apply increasingly independent clinical judgement to more complex clinical decision making, under the clinical practice supervision or professional guidance of a more senior clinician.
• Participate, as required, in state-wide outreach services.
• Work flexibly across all caseloads within the service area in which the position is located.

Communication / Team Participation

• Work cooperatively and effectively within the speech pathology and /or multidisciplinary and /or inter-disciplinary team and with patients / clients.
• Communicate with patients and their families, other health professionals, supervisors, assistants, students and researchers across the hospital, home, school, community and other settings across the state, as relevant to your service area.
• Accurately and concisely record all patient interaction as well as workload measurement statistics, to facilitate the analysis of service trends.

Leadership / Professional Development

• Provide student education and clinical practice supervision for less experienced practitioners, commensurate with the level of experience, as well as direction to assistant, support staff and work experience students, under guidance of senior clinical practitioners
• Actively participate in the Speech Pathology and /or multidisciplinary and /or interdisciplinary team clinical environments to ensure that Speech Pathology services are integrated, efficient and equitable for the community serviced.
• Actively participate in the identification, development and implementation of quality improvement activities for the delivery of speech pathology and allied health services within the local service area.
• Develop clinical practice knowledge and expertise through active learning within a team and by engaging in professional development activities.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

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

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; Please review the Role Description and Application Pack for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• 645047 - HP3 Speech Pathologist - RD (PDF, 624KB)
  Role Description
  
  CHQ_Applicant Toolkit_2025 (PDF, 862KB)
  Application Kit
  
  CHQ_Information for Applicants_2025 (PDF, 837KB)
  Information Package for Applicants