Town Information:
Here are some great things about living in Mackay:
- The great barrier reef is on your doorstop
- See platypus in the wild at Eungella Dam
- Chase waterfalls or enjoy the freshwater swimming holes at Finch Hatton Gorge
- Explore the rainforest by walking track or on a zipline adventure
- A magnitude of great fishing sites around the area
- Some of the best international food you'll ever have - from Greek to Italian to Indian to Japanese, Mackay has the best restaurants serving up the most delicious foods I've ever tasted
- Short drive to Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays
- A range of beautiful cafes and bars for enjoying both the days and the nights
- A community that is used to having new people come into so is always very welcoming and easy to make friends in
Why work with us?
- You want to be part of a supportive and fun team that treat each other like family
- You want to provide the best holistic and client-centred care to your clients without all the red tape
- You want to be supported to grow and progress to be the best therapist you can be. Or you want to be supported to continue your growth and be a Senior Speech Pathologist or open a SpeechEase clinic of your own
- You want flexible working hours that meet your personal and family needs
You'll get:
- Above award wage with bonuses
- Flexible working hours - Want to have a long weekend every weekend or every second weekend? Let's do it!
- Regular supervision - Weekly group supervision and weekly individual mentoring to ensure you grow both as a person and a professional
- Regular planning days:
- Quarterly planning days where the whole team get together to talk about how we can better support our clients
- Quarterly clinical training days where members of the clinical team provide in-depth in-services based on training that has been attended
- Structured 2-year internship program to ensure you are confident and comfortable working with a complex and varied caseload. This includes paid registration at the following courses (if you haven't already attended):
- Introduction to PODD & Alternate Access
- SOS Approach to Feeding
- Hanen More Than Words
- Introduction to Auslan
- Introduction to PROMPT
- Exciting pathways to continue your professional growth and development after completing your internship with us:
- High Income Earner - Be the best therapist you can be and be rewarded for that financially
- Clinical Leader - Learn the skills to be a Senior Speech Pathologist and provide supervision and mentoring
- Operations Leader - Learn the skills to manage a clinic from business to marketing to finances
- Partnership - Operate, lead and share in the profits of your own SpeechEase clinic
- Side Hustle - Do that extra thing you've always dreamt of, create a resource, become a certified presenter in a technique, complete further study
Practice Information:
We are a team of fun, bubbly and supportive individuals with a desire to help those with speech and language challenges to be known for who they are, to have a voice and to show the world that they have something to say worth listening to. We work with both children and adults within all domains of Speech Pathology, in a fun fast-paced environment as a close-knit team.
About the Role:
We are recruiting for enthusiastic, fun and committed Speech Pathologists to join our team in Mackay on a full-time basis.
You will be providing assessment and therapy for people of all ages who have communication and swallowing difficulties due to developmental disability, acquired disability, degenerative neurological conditions and/or learning difficulties.
Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor of Speech Pathology (or equivalent) - New graduates are welcome and encouraged to apply - you will be joining a team that will completely support you to meet the needs of our clients
- Registered as a CPSP member of Speech Pathology Australia
- The ability to pass a Working with Children's Check
- Demonstrated ability to learn to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team to assist children and adults with complex communication and swallowing needs including:
- assesses, prescribe and implement a variety of AAC tools
- assist children who have oral aversions
- support people with challenging behaviours
- Possession of a C class driver's licence and own vehicle for home and community-based sessions
- Be driven, flexible, enthusiastic, evidence-based, willing to learn and able to have fun!