What your day could look like
As a Senior Speech Pathologist, you'll play a key role in improving communication and swallowing outcomes across a regional health service. From managing complex caseloads to shaping service delivery, you'll work closely with others to deliver care that is responsive, evidence-based and makes a real difference.
Every day, you'll contribute by:
Delivering advanced clinical care that supports better outcomes across diverse settings
Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, patients and families to guide care decisions
Driving service improvements that enhance quality, access and efficiency
Mentoring team members to build capability and strengthen service delivery
Let's Talk About You
You bring both expertise and empathy to your work. Confident in complex clinical environments, you're driven to improve outcomes and make a meaningful impact in regional communities. You lead with integrity, communicate with clarity, and value collaboration. This is a role where your initiative, compassion and courage will shine.
Here's what will help you thrive in this role:
Relevant Speech Pathology qualification and current professional certification
Experience delivering care across varied clinical settings and patient groups
Strong communication skills and ability to work within multidisciplinary teams
Commitment to quality improvement and evidence-based practice
You'll stand out if you have rural or generalist experience and/or postgraduate study in Speech Pathology or leadership.
Most importantly, you're passionate about delivering care that improves lives and reflects compassion, dignity, integrity, innovation and courage.
Why Join Darling Downs Health?
At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference - and the career possibilities are endless.
Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.
Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.
Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:
Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.
For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits
Your future is here. Where are you?
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.
Click 'Apply Now' to submit your application and upload the requested documents.
Find out more about us!
Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:
www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns
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