Graduate Speech Pathologist - Paediatric Outpatients

Job Description:

Tasmanian Health Service

Graduate Speech Pathologist – $75,473 per annum

Permanent Fulltime - $25,000 Scholarships Available

North-West – Paediatric Outpatients

To be Tasmanian is to value quality over quantity. We create, preserve, and protect the unusual. With quiet confidence, with passion and perseverance, we pursue the extraordinary. Could you be Tasmanian?

You can start your Speech Pathology career anywhere. What’s different about Tasmania is our culture and our lifestyle. Here you will be encouraged to be yourself, to learn, to grow and to develop meaning in your work. You will have a powerful connection to your patients, and the community will encourage your success. Our isolation helps drive a culture of creation and human connection, which feels both old fashioned and… like the only future worth pursuing.

Here you’ll be spoilt for choice when it comes to breath-taking coastlines, National Parks, and incredible fresh produce crafted by locals. After a hard day at work, you don’t have to sit in traffic for an hour. You decompress with a wander through your home city, an easy commute along the water, or put on your boots and tell it to a mountain.

We offer an exciting and rewarding place to work, featuring contemporary, evidence-informed practise that sees our Speech Pathologists closely linked to the broader multidisciplinary team. We are large, established teams of high-achieving professionals, a mix of passionate locals and new Tasmanian adventurers who will welcome your energy and experiences into our group dynamic. Here, you can work and learn alongside highly accomplished Speech Pathologists, hone your craft, and make a difference to the lives of our community, while also having time to enjoy your life outside of work and all that this place has to offer.

This is a place where you can establish a life and career built around purpose and quality time. We’ll look after you from the very beginning, ensuring you are fully welcomed into our culture. As an Allied Health group, we are dedicated to the development of our people and will work to help you to achieve your goals.

You can discover more about the beautiful North West Tasmania here.

Allied Health Scholarship Program

You will also have the opportunity to submit an Expression of Interest for one of our Allied Health Scholarships. The Allied Health Scholarship Program provides up to $25,000 to support the costs of studying. Scholarship recipients will receive $15,000 in Year 1 of the Program (2023-2024) and a further $10,000 in Year 4 of the Program, following completion of three years’ service with the Tasmanian Health Service (from 2026-2027). A limited number of scholarships are available and will be awarded on merit. Scholarship recipients must accept an offer of employment with the Tasmanian Health Service and sign a Scholarship Agreement. An offer of employment does not guarantee that a scholarship will be awarded. Please refer to the Allied Health Scholarship Program Guidelines for more information and complete the Expression of Interest Form. Please upload a copy of the Scholarship EOI Form as an additional document when submitting your application for employment.

Details of Appointment:
Permanent, full-time, day time position, working 76 hours per fortnight commencing January 2024

Please note part-time may be negotiable with successful applicants

Salary:
$75,473* per annum + 11% superannuation
*from first full pay period after the 1 December 2023

Salary Packaging:
Access to a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year

Relocation Assistance:
Reimbursement for up to $5000 of expenses incurred through relocating

Professional Development: $1,000 per annum entitlement for professional development course fees (daily wage, flights, accommodation, daily allowance paid in addition to this)

Please refer to the Statement of Duties and Function Statement for more information about the role and the selection criteria

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria:

• Satisfactory completion of an appropriate allied health professional course of study at a recognised tertiary institution and registered with the relevant Board or, in the case of unregulated professions, eligible for membership of the relevant professional association

• Current Working with Children Registration (where applicable and as determined by individual position requirements)

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

• Current Driver’s Licence

The Head of the State Service has determined that the person nominated for this job is to satisfy a pre‑employment check before taking up the appointment, on promotion or transfer. The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Conviction checks in the following areas:

• crimes of violence
• sex related offences
• serious drug offences
• crimes involving dishonesty

2. Identification check
3. Disciplinary action in previous employment check.

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents:

We encourage you to review the Applicant Guide, Statement of Duties and Function Statement, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and selection criteria.

Function Statement:

• Speech Pathology NW Function statement.docx
• Speech Pathology NW Function statement.pdf

Statement of Duties:

• Generic Allied Health Professional HP 1-2 (July 2023) WWCR CSU.docx
• Generic Allied Health Professional HP 1-2 (July 2023) WWCR CSU.pdf

Applicant Guide:

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.pdf
• Department of Health - Applicant Guide June 22.docx

How to Apply:

Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen. This ensures important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Function Statement.

Please note that we do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties.

For more information about becoming a Speech Pathologist in Tasmania, or to learn more about what we can do for you (relocation, salary benefits, development opportunities, etc.) please email or phone our North West Speech Pathology Manager:

Sonia Doran via email Sonia.doran@ths.tas.gov.au or (03) 64786133

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