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About Monash Health

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire life-span from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across south eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. For more information please visit www.monashhealth.org.

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

• salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
• a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
• free flu vaccinations
• private health insurance at discounted rates
• health imaging services
• + more

About The Program

Monash Health Mental Health Services provides a range of community, bed-based and specialist services covering the Casey, Cardinia, Greater Dandenong, Kingston and Monash LGAs – a population of nearly one million. It has an operational budget of $130 million and employs approximately 820 EFT, representing over 1000 staff. The Program has a number of clinical units including three adult units (Casey, Dandenong and Clayton), an Early in Life Mental Health Service (comprising Perinatal & infant, child, and adolescent services), Young Persons’ Mental Health Service, Psychology and Specialist Services (PsySS), Drug & Alcohol service and Gender Dysphoria Clinic.

About The Role

We are looking for a Grade 4 (Discipline Senior) to fill a Part-Time ongoing role. The Discipline Senior Speech Pathologist leads and provides professional governance to the growing number of speech pathologists across the adult and aged services within the Mental Health Program. As a member of the Allied Health leadership team your expertise would be vital to:

• Lead the professional governance of speech pathologists within the mental health program
• Develop and implement workforce plans for speech pathology aligned with identified areas of need for speech pathology services
• Ensure best practice and evidenced based speech pathology interventions are implemented across the program
• Collaborations with academic institutions for research and education

Southern Synergy supports Mental Health Programs with specialist research innovations. The program has five PARCS (Prevention and Recovery Care Services) which includes a specialist Women’s only PARCS, an Extended Care PARCS and Youth PARCS, and two Community Care Units providing community mental health recovery and psychosocial rehabilitation for consumers. The clinical service is supported by an aligned operational structure to enable the provision of high-quality service through the creation of clinical-operational partnerships to support staff, patients, carers and their families, and a strong professional structure that supports the governance of the health professional workforce.

About You

You have been developing your leadership skills ready to take this next step in your career. You lead by example, thrive working in a dynamic, fast paced environment and are truly passionate about delivering a high standard of evidence-based care to all patients. You are excited to be an important facilitator and contributor to the current changes in mental health care with the implementation of recommendations from the Royal Commission.

You are also:

• Committed to a leadership and mentoring role
• Dedicated to safe best practice and quality care
• Committed to delivering patient centred care and patient advocacy
• Enthusiastic, compassionate, collaborative colleague

What you need:

• Relevant qualification in Speech Pathology
• Eligibility for membership of Speech Pathology Australia
• Demonstrated experience in leadership, speech pathology and mental health care
• Completion of working towards a qualification in a relevant field of Speech Pathology, mental health, public health or management
• Australian working rights

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Heather Davey on 0408 348 425 or via email at [email protected] using the subject line: Discipline Senior Speech Pathologist enquiry via EthicalJobs.

How to Apply

Applications will only be accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System only. Email applications will not be considered.

For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please refer to attached ‘Application Guide’ located under Position Documents on the application page..

Please note: applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.