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Senior Speech Pathologist

Posted: 9 May 2024

Location: Cairns QLD

Are you looking for a professional development opportunity to further your remote experience? Unlock your remote growth potential, grow, connect, learn and create life-defining experiences that will shape who you are as a health professional and a person, with the opportunity to provide outreach services to beautiful Torres Stait communities.

Job details

  • Posi­tion sta­tus Fixed Term Temporary
  • Posi­tion type Full-time
  • Occu­pa­tion­al group Health - Allied Health/​Clinical Support
  • Clas­si­fi­ca­tion HP4
  • Work­place Loca­tion Cairns region,Far North Qld
  • Job ad ref­er­ence QLD/TC538625
  • Clos­ing date 30-May-2024
  • Fort­night­ly salary $4769.60 — $5132.40
  • Job dura­tion Tem­po­rary Full Time up to Novem­ber 2024
  • Con­tact per­son Ryan Fitch
  • Con­tact details 047 437 7547 Access the Nation­al Relay Service

Tem­po­rary Full time oppor­tu­ni­ty up to Novem­ber 2024 (with pos­si­bil­i­ty of extension)

Pro­fes­sion­al and per­son­al moti­va­tors!…This role will pro­vide you with an oppor­tu­ni­ty for per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al growth! While the posi­tion is based in Cairns, you will have the unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to per­form out­reach ser­vices with a close team of clin­i­cans to the Tor­res Stait Islands. Immerse your­self in the vibrant cul­ture and rich tra­di­tions of the Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ple, whilst being sur­round­ed by the crys­tal-clear waters and stun­ning trop­i­cal land­scapes. Tor­res and Cape are com­mit­ted to deliv­er­ing excep­tion­al health­care ser­vices to indi­vid­u­als liv­ing in under­served areas.

Work­ing in a remote and cul­tur­al­ly diverse envi­ron­ment enhances cul­tur­al com­pe­ten­cy, adapt­abil­i­ty, and prob­lem-solv­ing skills. It pro­vides a chance to devel­op a broad­er skill set and make a last­ing impact. This posi­tion will oper­ate from a flex­i­ble, fam­i­ly cen­tred, trans­dis­ci­pli­nary mod­el that is respon­sive to cul­tur­al con­text, local need, and pri­or­i­ties with poten­tial vari­a­tion in workforce/​team members.

GIVE USCALL — The hir­ing man­ag­er Ryan Fitch, 0474 377 547 would love to hear from you and dis­cuss the role fur­ther. Whilst a tem­po­rary appoint­ment up to Nove­me­ber 2024 would be pre­ferred, Tor­res and Cape would con­sid­er accom­mo­dat­ing a short­er term engage­ment for can­di­dates want­i­ng to expe­ri­ence the unique rewards and chal­lenges of remote work. Find out if remote work­ing suits your lifestyle before mak­ing a longer term commitment.

Meet the team!

Join the Ear­ly Child­hood Approach (ECA) team and expe­ri­ence the dif­fer­ence a sup­port­ive team can make in your career jour­ney. The team is ded­i­cat­ed to lift­ing each oth­er up, cel­e­brat­ing suc­cess­es and tack­ing chal­lenges together.

Tor­res and Cape will give you a career with pur­pose, plus excel­lent ben­e­fits and allowances;

  • Base com­pris­ing salary between $4,769.60 — $5,132.40 p.f – you may be eli­gi­ble for addi­tion­al ben­e­fits Allied health salaries | Careers
  • Com­pet­i­tive salary pack­ag­ing: In addi­tion to a base wage, we also pro­vide a gen­er­ous employ­er super­an­nu­a­tion con­tri­bu­tion of 12.75% and have salary pack­ag­ing options Salary pack­ag­ing | Careers (health​.qld​.gov​.au).
  • Work / Life bal­ance, vari­ety and flexibility
  • Gen­er­ous leave enti­tle­ments includ­ing 17.5% load­ing on annu­al leave
  • Relo­ca­tion incentives

Liv­ing with­in the Tor­res and Cape region means you will be able to enjoy: 

Refer to role descrip­tion for Tor­res and Cape HHS Val­ues - Courage | Account­abil­i­ty | Respect | Engage

For addi­tion­al infor­ma­tion regard­ing the respon­si­bil­i­ties, manda­to­ry qual­i­fi­ca­tions and/​or oth­er require­ments for this posi­tion please refer to the role description.

How do I apply? Appli­ca­tions should be sub­mit­ted ONLINE via the Smart Jobs and Careers web­site at https://​smartjobs​.qld​.gov​.au/j….

Do you need more infor­ma­tion? Sim­ply call the con­tact per­son list­ed on the role description.

Please no unso­licit­ed resumes from recruit­ment agencies