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🌟 Speech Pathologist - Child Development Service

Permanent Full-Time | Cairns with regular outreach to Torres & Cape communities

Ready for a meaningful role that starts with a yarn? Victoria Williams, 0417 449 989 would love to hear your story and answer any questions you may have about the role.

🚀About the Role

This role is part of the Child Development Service (CDS) at the Cairns Clinical Coordination Hub, an Allied Health team providing outreach support to children aged 0–16 with complex developmental delays. The service delivers coordinated multidisciplinary assessments, diagnostic formulation, brief interventions, and referrals to community agencies such as the NDIS Early Childhood Approach. A key focus of the role is helping parents and carers understand the factors affecting their child's development and supporting smooth transitions to long‑term community supports. The position works under the supervision of an experienced Speech Pathologist and includes responsibility for supervising Speech Pathology students.

🌍Who We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is creative, flexible, and responsive to the needs of diverse communities. You adapt your practice with ease, collaborate well, and enjoy shaping services that reflect the strengths, culture, and priorities of the families you support.

🤝Why This Role Matters

As a professional working in Torres and Cape HHS, your contribution in helping treat, rehabilitate and improve the lives of patients is huge!

You'll work in diverse and supportive environments that offer attractive lifestyle opportunities and experiences and enable you to make a valuable contribution in small communities. These communities will help you grow, connect, learn and create life-defining experiences that will shape who you are as a health professional and a person.

🏡What We Offer

A career with purpose — plus excellent benefits and allowances:

• Base salary: $79,051 – $116,189 per annum Workplace benefits | Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service
• 12.75% employer superannuation and Salary and benefits | Careers (health.qld.gov.au)
• Generous leave entitlements, including 17.5% annual leave loading
• Professional Development: Our training is recognised as some of the best in the world

🏖️Living within the Torres and Cape region

• Immersing yourself in nature, from the outback to tropical rainforests, coral reefs and extraordinary landscapes.
• Short commute to work, allowing greater work/life balance
• Rich Indigenous Culture
• Imagine yourself here? Find out about Torres and Cape HHS and the Torres Strait and Cooktown and Cape York regions on the Tropical North Queensland website.
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Discover more by reading the role description attached.

Torres and Cape HHS Values - Courage | Accountability | Respect | Engage

How do I apply? Applications should be submitted ONLINE via the Smart Jobs and Careers website.

Please no unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

Further information

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

Please download the Role Description for your future reference. Please do NOT upload zipped files, pdfs created through MS Word 2007, tagged pdfs or protected documents. Accepted files: gif, bmp, png, rtf, txt, doc and docx.

Documents

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

• 1 TCHHS Applicant Information Pack (PDF)
  
  2 Map Info (PDF)
  
  TC678524_Job Description (PDF)