Lead and shape Speech Pathology services across Bayside Health Service.

Join Metro South Health as Director Speech Pathology and drive strategic leadership, clinical excellence and service innovation across a diverse, multidisciplinary healthcare environment.

Job details

Your new role:

This is an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced Speech Pathologist to provide strategic, operational and clinical leadership across Bayside Health Service. Working closely with the Director Allied Health, you will lead a multidisciplinary-focused Speech Pathology service delivering high-quality care across hospital, residential and community settings.

• Lead and manage Speech Pathology services across multiple Bayside Health Service facilities and clinical specialties.
• Provide strategic direction, workforce planning and professional leadership for a team of speech pathologists across adult and paediatric services.
• Drive service improvement, clinical governance, quality initiatives and evidence-based practice across the department.
• Oversee operational management responsibilities including staffing, performance management, financial accountability and clinical supervision.

About you:

We are seeking a collaborative and influential leader with advanced clinical expertise and a passion for delivering high-quality patient-centred care across diverse healthcare settings.

• Demonstrated high-level clinical expertise in speech pathology, with the ability to support complex clinical and multidisciplinary decision-making.
• Proven experience leading teams, managing operational priorities and driving service improvement initiatives within healthcare environments.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and advocacy skills, with the ability to provide authoritative clinical advice and professional leadership.
• Eligibility for practising membership with Speech Pathology Australia and a commitment to fostering excellence, safety and innovation in healthcare delivery.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.

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 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.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS06683721 (PDF)