Job Description:

• Fixed Term June 10 July 11. Annual Leave relief

• Excellent benefits including salary packaging

• Part Time up to 0.8 FTE

• Challenging and rewarding work environment

About the Role

An exciting opportunity currently exists for a Grade 2 or 3 Speech Pathologist to join the community rehabilitation team on a part time short term basis. The Speech Pathologist will deliver high quality personcentered goalorientated home and centrebased care within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Classifications for this position will range from VW1 VW4 ($90235.60 $103724.40 for Grade 2 per annum pro rata for part time).

Classifications for this position will range from VW6 VW9 ($104135.20 $118981.20 for Grade 3 per annum pro rata for part time).

Your Contribution

• Bachelor of Speech Pathology or equivalent

• Eligibility for Speech Pathology Australia membership

• Post graduate qualifications desirable

• Minimum of four (4) years postgraduate experience (Grade 2) 7 years (Grade 3) in a relevant field of rehabilitation

• Demonstrated highly developed knowledge and application of speech therapy practice and principles in the area of rehabilitation

• Demonstrated highly developed clinical management skills

• Demonstrated commitment to service improvement and professional development

• Highly developed leadership and interpersonal skills that incorporate excellent communication

• Understand and support the principles of HIP continuum of care for clients particularly in relation to individualized timelimited goalcentred episodes of care that aim to improve health outcomes

• Commitment to the values and health care philosophy of St. Vincents

What we offer

• Salary Packaging Increase your take home pay!

• Employee Assistance Program

• Ability to join Fitness Passport Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities

• Staff Health Centre

• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation

• Career development & advancement encouraged

• Culture of continuous improvement

About the Department

This position is part of the Health Independence Programs (HIP). The intent of HIP is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow through delivering integrated and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centered care planning.

St Vincents Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) HIP consists of integrated hub sites across several locations including in Fitzroy Kew North Richmond and Fairfield.

HIP at SVHM is delivered in partnership with North Richmond Community Health (NRCH).

This position is part of the HIP Community Rehabilitation team. Community rehabilitation is currently provided from our centres at Kew and Fairfield.

The key aim of Community Rehabilitation is to help people who are recovering from traumatic injury or illness are frail or chronically ill to regain optimal function and to allow people to maximise their independence.

The programs offer a supportive and dynamic team environment which focusses on patientcentered care.

Working at St Vincents

St Vincents Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion Justice Integrity and Excellence.

Application

Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM.

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

Contact

Peter Hawkins

Respectfully no agencies please.

This position is part of the Health Independence Programs (HIP). The intent of HIP is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow through delivering integrated and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centred care planning.

SVHM HIP consists of integrated hub sites across several locations including in Fitzroy Kew North Richmond and Fairfield.

HIP Community Rehabilitation Services. Community Rehabilitation Services provide timelimited goalorientated care for people who have a physical disability are frail chronically ill or recovering from traumatic injury or illness to regain and /or maintain optimal function. Community Rehabilitation services comprise of Community Rehabilitation Centres at Fairfield and Kew and Rehabilitation in the Home.

This position may require working from any of the SVHM Health Independence Program (HIP) sites and may be required to work within any of the HIP programs. This will be at the discretion of the HIP manager and will take into consideration appropriate skills and training.

HIP at SVHM is delivered in partnership with North Richmond Community Health (NRCH)

To work within a flexible interdisciplinary structure that ensures the delivery of high quality therapy services to all clients of HIP Rehabilitation services making sure that the clients needs are met and they receive the right treatment in the right place at the right time.

The position will also be responsible for driving standards of care within the rehabilitation team including leading and contributing to improvement projects within the service.

Clinicians are required to provide assessment and management of clients in a number of settings across the continuum of care within HIP including clients residence community settings the HIP Centres or Specialist Clinics.

• Assess and manage all assigned clients as appropriate according to HIP and St. Vincents policies and procedures and relevant rehabilitation protocols. There is a significant clinical component of this role.
• Provide clinical leadership in maintaining an evidence and outcomes based service
• Supervision guidance and support to HIP speech pathologists as required
• Achieve activity KPIs for relevant service
• Participate in relevant inservice programs and meetings
• Provide student / allied health assistant supervision as required
• Maintain accurate statistics and submit by end of working week/ end of month (whichever occurs first).
• Maintain the appropriate standard of medical record keeping and data collection as per St. Vincents and HIP policies.
• Speech pathology service provision to other programs within HIP as required

General

• Perform duties of the position to best of their ability and to a standard acceptable to SVHM
• Comply with all SVHM policies procedures by laws and directions
• Treat others with respect and always behave professionally and in accordance with the SVHM Code of Conduct
• Only access confidential information held by SVHM when this is necessary for business purposes maintaining the confidentiality of that information once accessed
• Display adaptability and flexibility to meet the changing operational needs of the business
• Comply with applicable Enterprise Bargaining Agreement provisions
• Display a willingness to develop self and seek to improve performance

Clinical Quality and Safety

• Attend clinical orientation upon commencement
• Maintain clinical registration and any required indemnity cover
• Always work within approved scope of practice under supervision by more senior clinical staff as appropriate
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and safety of work undertaken
• Take all necessary care and precautions when undertaking clinical procedures
• Complete annual clinical competencies
• Maintain skills and knowledge necessary to safely and skilfully undertake clinical work
• Consult with peers and other experts and refer to other healthcare workers when appropriate and in a timely manner
• Collaborate and clearly communicate with patients/clients and the healthcare team
• Participate in clinical risk management and continuous quality improvement activities as part of daytoday work

Person Centered Care

• Ensure consumers receive information in an appropriate and accessible format
• Actively support consumers to make informed decisions about their treatment and ongoing care
• Ensure consumers are aware of their rights responsibilities and how to provide feedback

Health and Safety

• Protect the health and safety of self and others complying with all health and safety related policies procedures and directions

• Complete required Fire and Emergency Training annually

• Complete required Workplace Culture and Equity Training annually
• Attend general hospital orientation within 3 months of commencement

The incumbent of this position will be expected to possess the following core capabilities:

• Capability
• Demonstrated behaviour
• Personal
• Personal effectiveness
• Sets and measures team goals driving pursuit of higher standards of practice
• Learning Agility
• Responds to new and complex situations by adjusting behaviour appropriately
• Outcomes
• Patient/Resident centred
• Monitors satisfaction levels and proactively addresses issues
• Innovation and Improvement
• Anticipates problems and continuously improves systems and processes
• Strategy
• Driving Results
• Takes ownership for performance of team results
• Organisational Acumen
• Uses information and organisational knowledge to make decisions and achieve results
• People
• Working with and Managing others
• Leads others and shares responsibilities providing support and effective communication
• Collaboration
• Operates Cross functionally and develops constructive relationships across the organisation

Bachelor of Speech Pathology or equivalent

Eligibility for Speech Pathology Australia membership

Post graduate qualifications desirable

Minimum of seven (7) years postgraduate experience in a relevant field of rehabilitation

Demonstrated highly developed knowledge and application of speech therapy practice and principles in the area of rehabilitation

Demonstrated highly developed clinical management skills

Demonstrated commitment to service improvement and professional development

Highly developed leadership and interpersonal skills that incorporate excellent communication

Understand and support the principles of HIP continuum of care for clients particularly in relation to individualized timelimited goalcentred episodes of care that aim to improve health outcomes

Demonstrated ability to work independently

Demonstrated ability to work in an interdisciplinary team at an advanced level

Commitment to the values and health care philosophy of St. Vincents

This position is part of the Health Independence Programs (HIP). The intent of HIP is to deliver improved outcomes for clients and to support hospital demand management and flow through delivering integrated and coordinated care to clients across the hospital and community interface reducing duplication and fragmentation of services and ensuring client centred care planning.

SVHM HIP consists of integrated hub sites across several locations including in Fitzroy Kew North Richmond and Fairfield.

HIP Community Rehabilitation Services provide timelimited goalorientated care for people who have a physical disability are frail chronically ill or recovering from traumatic injury or illness to regain and / or maintain optimal function. Community Rehabilitation services comprise of Community Rehabilitation Centres at Fairfield and Kew as well as Rehabilitation in the Home.

This position is intended to be based out of the Kew and Fairfield sites. At the discretion of the HIP manager and with appropriate skills and training taken into consideration this position may require working from any of the SVHM Health Independence Program (HIP) sites and may be required to work within any of the HIP programs.

HIP at SVHM is delivered in partnership with North Richmond Community Health (NRCH)

To work within a flexible interdisciplinary structure that ensures the delivery of high quality therapy services to all clients of HIP Rehabilitation services making sure that the clients needs are met and they receive the right treatment in the right place at the right time.

Clinicians are required to provide assessment and management of clients in a number of settings across the continuum of care within HIP including clients residence community settings the HIP Centres or Specialist Clinics.

• Assess and manage all assigned clients as appropriate in accordance with uptodate knowledge of departmental clinical policies and guidelines and currently accepted Speech Pathology Australia professional standards of practice
• Communicate client issues effectively with other team members with active contribution to multidisciplinary team meetings
• Provide timely Speech Pathology assessment and management services for allocated programs and patient groups
• Complete client goal setting in consultation with patient/family/carers as appropriate. Goals are to be functional and measurable
• Evaluate treatment / management using the most appropriate methods making use of objective measures where possible
• Perform videofluoroscopy assessments and reporting as required
• Achieve activity KPIs for relevant service through maintenance of accurate statistics submitted by end of working week
• Maintain current knowledge and skills in clinical best practice and rehabilitation
• Participating in internal and external professional development where appropriate
• Provide clinical supervision to speech pathology students / allied health assistants as required
• Maintain close working relationships with other HIP speech pathologists and the SVHM Speech Pathology department
• Maintain the appropriate standard of medical record keeping and data collection as per St. Vincents and HIP policies.
• Speech pathology service provision to other programs within HIP as required

General

• Perform duties of the position to best of their ability and to a standard acceptable to SVHM
• Comply with all SVHM policies procedures by laws and directions
• Treat others with respect and always behave professionally and in accordance with the SVHM Code of Conduct
• Only access confidential information held by SVHM when this is necessary for business purposes maintaining the confidentiality of that information once accessed
• Participate in the annual SVHM performance review process
• Display adaptability and flexibility to meet the changing operational needs of the business
• Comply with applicable Enterprise Bargaining Agreement provisions
• Display a willingness to develop self and seek to improve performance

Clinical Quality and Safety

• Attend clinical orientation upon commencement
• Maintain clinical registration and any required indemnity cover
• Always work within approved scope of practice under supervision by more senior clinical staff as appropriate.
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and safety of work undertaken
• Take all necessary care and precautions when undertaking clinical procedures
• Complete annual clinical competencies
• Maintain skills and knowledge necessary to safely and skilfully undertake clinical work
• Consult with peers and other experts and refer to other healthcare workers when appropriate and in a timely manner
• Collaborate and clearly communicate with patients/clients and the healthcare team
• Participate in clinical risk management and continuous quality improvement activities as part of daytoday work

Person Centred Care

• Ensure consumers receive information in an appropriate and accessible format
• Actively support consumers to make informed decisions about their treatment and ongoing care
• Ensure consumers are aware of their rights responsibilities and how to provide feedback

Health and Safety

• Protect the health and safety of self and others complying with all health and safety related policies procedures and directions

• Complete required Fire and Emergency Training annually

• Complete required Workplace Culture and Equity Training annually
• Attend general hospital orientation within 3 months of commencement
• As required comply with fittesting and PPE requirements
• Participate in reporting and analysis of safety and quality data including risks or hazards
• Report any hazards near misses and incidents (regardless of whether an injury occurred or not) into Riskman
• Identify and report any variance to expected standard and minimising the risk of adverse outcomes

The incumbent of this position will be expected to possess the following core capabilities:

• Capability
• Demonstrated behaviour
• Personal
• Personal effectiveness
• Takes responsibility for accurate timely work results
• Learning Agility
• Identifies personal development needs and seeks information from a range of sources
• Outcomes
• Patient/Resident/client centred
• Strives to meet and exceed expectations demonstrating sound judgement
• Innovation and Improvement
• Contributes to improvement by reviewing strengths and weaknesses of current processes
• Strategy
• Driving Results
• Manages own work load to deliver results
• Organisational Acumen
• Understands the interdependencies between units/departments
• People
• Working with and Managing others
• Takes responsibility for ensuring productive efficient teamwork
• Collaboration
• Works collaboratively within and outside the team

• Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) or Bachelor of Speech Pathology or equivalent
• Eligibility for membership of Speech Pathology Australia and commitment to Speech Pathology Australias Code of Ethics
• Preemployment Victoria Police Safety Check
• Victorian Drivers License

• Minimum of four (4) years postgraduate experience in adult rehabilitation and or communitybased speech pathology service
• A demonstrated sound knowledge and application of speech pathology practice and principles in speech pathology management of patients with disorders of communication cognition and swallowing of neurological origin in a rehabilitation setting.
• Demonstrated highly developed clinical management skills
• Understand and support the principles of HIP continuum of care for clients particularly in relation to individualized timelimited goalcentred episodes of care that aim to improve health outcomes
• Highly developed organization planning and problemsolving skills
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously whilst seeking appropriate support as required.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills incorporating excellent communication organisational and negotiation skills
• Excellent time management skills and a high degree of flexibility
• Experience in working as a committed member of a team
• Experience in clinical supervision of speech pathology students or junior staff
• Evidence of ongoing commitment to professional development and lifelong learning
• A strong understanding of clinical guidelines and standards related to speech pathology practice
• Commitment to the strategic direction values and health care philosophy of St Vincents Health Australia

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