• Part Time 0.4 FTE, Fixed Term for 9 months from November 2023 to June 2024.
• Classification commensurate with skills and experience as per Victorian Stand-Alone Community Health Centres Allied Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement 2021-2022
• Grade 1, Year 3 at $39.93 per hour - $78,912 (pro rata) or Grade 2, Year 2 at $45.89 per hour - $90,678 (pro rata)
• Enjoy a tax break with generous salary packaging
• Wyndham Vale location (possible Altona Meadows)
• Clinical supervision provided

We are One Team IPC Health.

We are passionate, creative and we make a difference.

• Winner of National Human Resources Director Award for Innovation & Culture 2021
• Recognised in the top 30 organisations in Australia 2021
• Winner of Australian Human Resources Institute’s Innovation & Creativity Award 2022

IPC Health is proud to ‘make a difference’ to the health outcomes of our clients across Brimbank, Wyndham and Hobson’s Bay. We are a not-for-profit community health service who deliver innovative, quality services in a client-centred, collaborative and coordinated manner.

Our recent awards recognise our outstanding initiatives and programs that create a culture of creativity in the workforce and harnesses innovation to achieve outstanding client outcomes. 99% of employees partaking in the 2022 People Matter Survey said they ‘felt they can make a worthwhile contribution at work’.

We have an opportunity for You!

We invite you to be a part of the passionate, creative, and innovative team at IPC Heath. We are looking to recruit a Grade 1 or Grade 2 Paediatric Speech Pathologist to provide services in our Autism Clinic.

Our service provides ASD assessment and soon to commence intervention services. Speech Pathologists are part of a broader multi-disciplinary assessment team comprising Occupational Therapists, Developmental Psychologists, wellbeing coordinators and paediatricians. The team work collaboratively to provide screening, assessment, intervention and referral services. Service provision embodies family- centred care within a social model of health.

You will make a difference by

• Working collaboratively with the ASD Team to plan service delivery for the communities we serve in the Wyndham, and Hobson’s Bay municipalities.
• Assessing and reviewing children’s speech and language skills
• Implementing interventions that will address the needs and priorities of the children and their families.
• Delivering services in a variety of formats including telehealth, clinical, individual and group.
• Reflecting, evaluating, and modifying services to enhance outcomes.

To succeed, you will need:

• Graduate or post-graduate degree in speech pathology .
• Some experience working in Paediatric Speech Pathology (desirable not essential) for consideration as a Grade 1 clinician.
• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience working as a Paediatric Speech Pathologist for consideration as a Grade 2 clinician.
• ADOS trained or willingness to up skill.
• Willingness to learn and be supported by senior clinicians.
• Emerging ability (Grade 1) to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement evidence-based programs that meet the daily living and wellbeing goals for children.
• Ability (Grade 2) to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team to develop and implement evidence-based programs that meet the daily living and wellbeing goals for children.
• Strong communication, networking, and interpersonal skills.
• An ability to actively engage children and their families in a group setting.
• Current and valid Victorian Working with Children’s Check and driver’s licence.

What next?

Read the relevant program success profile by clicking here. 

To find out more about the role, please contact Sebastian Buccheri, Senior Manager Allied Health on 0411201908.

Submit your resume, cover letter and a document addressing the ‘to succeed’ criteria found on the success profile.

Applications open until role is filled.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email [email protected] using the subject line: Speech Pathologist - Paediatric Autism Clinic enquiry via EthicalJobs with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.