Description
The Speech Pathologist is an integral part of the multidisciplinary health care team, providing high-quality, complex speech pathology inpatient services to adult patients of the Wagga Base Hospital to meet their health and wellbeing needs. The Speech Pathologist is responsible for providing a range of diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative speech pathology services for adults with communication and feeding difficulties.
As the Speech Pathologist, you will be responsible for:
Providing high level clinical speech pathology expertise and knowledge
Ensuring client/patient care is delivered within professional, organisational, legal and ethical boundaries and reflects evidence-based practice and knowledge and MLHD values.
Actively contributing to the MLHD Professional Discipline Network, Allied Health network and multi-disciplinary teams
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Requirements
Our ideal candidate will demonstrate:
Tertiary qualification in Speech Pathology with eligibility for membership of Speech Pathology Australia.
Advanced speech pathology clinical knowledge, skills and experience, with an emphasis on evidence-based practice.
Well-developed time management skills, written and verbal communication, and IT skills including an ability or willingness to use telehealth as a mode of delivery of clinical care
