Southland

• Permanent opportunity

• 1.0 FTE (40hrs per week)

Mō te tūranga - About the role

Work as a part of the inpatient and outpatient Speech Language therapy team in Southland, with the option to work with critical care patients if you have competence in this area.

You will provide a safe and clinically effective patient/client assessment and intervention. Providing evidence for competencies relating to complex and specialist presentations if CCU work is undertaken.

This role will also have responsibility for providing clinical leadership within the team or service, which assists in developing the clinical capability of others. There is an expectation of competence and confidence working in an MDT context to support wrap-around care and transition.

Work in other areas as identified at times and support the organisation in managing safe patient care and maintaining service delivery.

Your role may also involve supporting other SLT's to achieve their clinical competencies and will include an element of supervision and leadership. (all SLTs except for new grads have this as an expectation again this is from pillars of practice) but this is fine to change this.

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Mōu ake - About you

Essential knowledge, skills & experience:

• At least 2 years of clinical practice in a health setting
• Knowledge in Dysphagia and VFSS competence to a minimum of level 2
• Communication therapies including the use of AAC
• Clinical experience and knowledge relevant to an inpatient/outpatient Speech Language Therapy role
• A Bachelor or Masters in Speech Language therapy or equivalent that is recognised and approved by the New Zealand Speech-language Therapists' Association (NZSTA)
• Full registered member of NZSTA (essential)
• A full NZ driving licence.

Someone well-suited to the role will place a high value on the following:

• An equity lens over their work
• Delivering high-quality care for the patient/client/whānau
• Contributing to the development of others
• Leading and facilitating clinical improvements and innovations
• Continual improvement focus.

Painga - Benefits:

• Beautiful coastlines and a family-friendly community
• Continuous support for career development via paid professional development and supervision
• Refund of annual practicing certificate fee
• A highly skilled and supportive team.
• Subsidised gym membership and discounted health insurance
• Access to staff fitness facilities and banking offers
• Access to a range of retail discounts and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

Mō mātou - About us

Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region. We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community.

Utu whānui - Salary range

This role belongs to the PSA/DHBs Allied, Public Health and Technical Multi-Employer Collective Agreement and falls between Step 1 ($59,035 p.a) and Step 12 ($99,420 p.a pro rata) of the Degree-Based Allied, Public Health and Technical scale.

Rā mōnehu - Closing date: Sunday, 1 October 2023

Due to the fast-paced nature of what we do, our vacancy close dates may be subject to change. Don't delay, make sure you apply as soon as possible.

Tono ināianei - Apply now

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/

If you currently work for Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand - Southern, please apply for this role via our internal careers site, found here: Pulse > Applications > Corporate > SuccessFactors

Pre-employment checks

In the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to the following:

• Occupational health assessment
• Police vetting/Ministry of Justice safety checks
• Serious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)
• Covid-19 vaccination is expected for all workers at higher risk of workplace exposure to Covid-19 through face-to-face patient interaction, working in clinical areas and contact with potentially infectious materials and surfaces.

To apply

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/