Job detail: New Grad Speech Pathologist - Seven Hills
Give your career as a Speech Pathologist the best start by working at Northcott and receive support from our senior clinicians and therapy peers to build your confidence and provide best practice services.
Each year at Northcott, we offer New Graduates the opportunity to transition from student to Allied Health Professional in our supportive and successful New Graduate Program.
At Northcott, we understand the critical relationship between providing support and allowing you to develop effective clinical skills. The better the supports around you, the more confident you will be in looking after clients. You will join an experienced and collaborative multidisciplinary team who are as passionate as you about making a difference in the life of people living with disability.
Great reasons to be a Northcott New Graduate Therapist
- Provide therapy services to children, teens, and adults, in community-based service delivery – at home, school, day programs, and the workplace.
- Develop clinical skills to provide therapy interventions for a range of disabilities – physical, cognitive, and neurodiverse – find your passion!
- Dedicated 12-week graduate program, so that you can pick up therapy duties with ease. Our new graduate induction program includes all mandatory training you will need, and also:
- 10 weeks of clinical training – multidisciplinary and discipline-specific content
- Bi-monthly new graduate meetings
- Shadowing days
- Weekly clinical supervision
- Opportunity to work as a Therapy Assistant prior to graduation (optional). Earn money while assisting to perform therapy under the careful supervision of an AHP. Start working with your caseload, shadow other AHPs, and attend training, all designed to help you hit the ground running after graduation!
Great reasons to join our team at Northcott
Northcott provides personalised and dynamic support, delivered by a committed team who maximise support for every customer. Northcott’s diverse range of service offerings and strong community partnerships supports customers’ access to the supports they need and want. Our service is reflective of our values; Innovative, Respectful, Brave.
With over 90 years of experience and expertise in the disability service industry, we are a vital presence in the homes, schools, and communities of QLD, NSW, and the ACT. Our experience and expertise give our customers confidence they are in good, trustworthy hands. Our commitment to innovation and pushing boundaries allows us to tackle any challenge or barriers for our customers to reach their potential.
About the New Graduate Therapist roles:
- Positions will commence January 2024 for new graduate positions, or earlier for Therapy Assistants!
- Be an active member of our New Graduate Support Network.
- Be responsible for managing your caseload to provide timely and evidence-based intervention to people across the lifespan and with a range of conditions.
- Provide intervention in a variety of locations; clinics, schools/preschools, in-home, group homes, via telehealth or at day programs. These may be delivered on an individual, group, or consultative basis.
- Attend internal professional development, and (following probation) access a generous external professional development, so that you continue to expand your skills and learning. In addition, utilise 10 days paid professional development per year (pro rata).
- Allocated IT equipment such as an iPhone and laptop to help you work remotely.
- Access to company car pool or use your own car, with kilometre reimbursements.
- Join a large multidisciplinary team of over 100 therapists across NSW, ACT & QLD.
About you:
- Genuine interest and commitment to the human services industry.
- Tertiary qualifications in Speech Pathology.
- Registration with SPA.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage a caseload in an efficient and effective manner.
- Understanding of assessments and interventions within the scope of your practice.
- Understanding of NDIS is desirable.
- Experience working with children, young people, and adults with disability is desirable.
- Current driver's licence and willingness to drive within the region.
- NDIS worker check, or willingness to obtain.
- Working with Children Check, or willingness to obtain.
- Current first aid and CPR certification or willingness to obtain.
For a confidential discussion regarding this role please contact Katrina McNamee on 0429 698 739.
Covid Vaccination Status
The health and safety of our people, customers, and communities is our number one priority. To maintain this, we require all of our employees to show evidence that they have received the two full primary doses and at least one booster dose of a TGA approved Covid-19 vaccination. Evidence of your current vaccination status or medical exemption will be required. Northcott will consider exemptions on a case-by-case basis.
Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Northcott actively promotes diversity and inclusion in the recruitment process and throughout employment. We are committed to providing a workplace where every person is valued, respected, and supported to progress. Northcott welcomes applications from and ensures no one is disadvantaged on the basis of their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander identity, culture, LGBTIQ+ identity, disability, gender, age, religion, or caring responsibilities. If you require an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, if you have a preferred contact method, or require any information provided in an alternative format, please contact Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at diversity@northcott.com.au.
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