Is This You?

Are you a Speech Pathologist who wants to make a real difference in the world but you’re not quite sure which organisation will be the right fit for you? We know how that feels. And we can assure you…

• If you have a heart for helping kids and families to live enriched, connected lives…
• If you are looking for a workplace that values your ideas and creativity…
• If you want good support, flexibility and work/life balance…

…Then you have arrived at the perfect place, and Occumax is for you.

Occumax is an interdisciplinary paediatric private practice and we are on the look out for team members who want to help children and their families have a happy, calm and connected family life. If that’s you, this means that you can have a great job that lets you support children and their families the way you know best, get paid well and live in the vibrant city of Mackay in beautiful tropical north Queensland.

Occumax’s Story

Occumax is all about connection. Sometimes children have difficulty forming or making the right connections between their brain and body and everyday things are hard or tricky for them to do. Life is hard work and emotionally draining for them, their parents, friends and teachers.

By connecting with our Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Social Worker and Psychologist, children and parents are able to get the right tools, techniques and intervention to point them in the right direction. To do that, our staff need to be connected to good support, supervision and training.

For 15 years Occumax has been helping children and families from Mackay and surrounding communities to discover happiness through connection. We are known for really listening to parents and making a difference in their child’s life. 

Occumax’s strong values, coupled with the NDIS being well established in our area, has resulted in the need to increase our team to meet existing community demands.

About the Role

We have roles for both new/recent graduates and also experienced therapists who are wanting to progress their career in either a clinical or leadership capacity. 

As a Speech Pathologist you will be responsible for working with children, their families and others involved in their care so that they can have a happy, calm and connected family and community life.  You will work as part of an interdisciplinary team and your practice will be underpinned by evidence based, family centred and person centred frameworks.

In this role, you will make a comprehensive assessment of the child’s presentation and goals to formulate an understanding of the child’s speech, language, literacy, feeding and social communication skills, and any other developmental issues, strengths, challenges and barriers to their participation. You will support the child and their caregivers to set personally meaningful and relevant goals. You will develop an intervention plan, in collaboration with the family and others involved in their care, that targets their needs, within the scope of your practice and profession.

This role has a direct intervention and caregiver coaching focus, with services being primarily delivered at our clinic. Home and school based interventions will be utilised on an as needed basis, to meet the needs of the child and family, and dependant upon our organisational capacity. This role will deliver small group interventions and parent training to meet the needs of our clients and the community. As a Speech Pathologist you will continually document, monitor, review and report on your client’s progress and make adjustments to their intervention plan so that they can achieve their goals, in accordance with best practice guidelines, current research, and our organisational, legislative and funding body requirements.

This role works under supervision of experienced allied health clinicians with regular Speech Pathology clinical supervision and will rely on your continual learning and development in service delivery while enhancing your clinical skills and delivering on clinical targets for the organisation.

Job Benefits and Perks

• Located at Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Mackay is a vibrant coastal city where it’s friendly residents enjoy a tropical lifestyle and daily temperatures of 22C – 30C. Surrounded by bush, beach, cane fields, national parks and only 1.5 hours drive to the Whitsunday Islands.
• Mackay is the place to be if you want to enjoy a slower, affordable lifestyle but still have everything you need.
• Full time, permanent employment opportunity, however, we support work/life balance so flexible and part-time options can be negotiated.
• Surrounded by an experienced & supportive, interdisciplinary team.
• Senior Speech Pathologist, Senior Occupational Therapist and leadership team on site to provide regular supervision and answer your questions on the fly.
• Strong onboarding and new graduate programs in place to help you learn the ropes and feel confident in your role.
• Employee Assistance Program for when life throws you curve balls.
• Clinic facility equipped with a wide range of therapy tools and equipment, and standardised assessments.
• Professional development allowance and paid professional development leave for you to achieve your learning goals.
• Superannuation paid in addition to the salary range specified for this advertisement.
• Bonus and rewards program to say thank you and show our gratitude to you.
• We also love technology and software applications that make your life easier as a clinician.
• We have full time support from our Client Care Administrator Team and Practice Manager so that you can focus on helping your clients to achieve their goals.
• Sharing good food with each other doesn’t stop at your welcome morning tea. We love cashing in our gratitude tokens for team lunches shouted by Occumax and our social club always has an exciting program of events happening outside of work hours.
• Uniforms provided for team members.
• Close to the airport which is perfect if you want a colleague to drop you off for a weekend getaway.
• Coffee van and pie truck that stop daily at our door!

Your Skills and Experience

You will be a perfect fit for this role if you met the following Essential Selection Criteria:

• Hold a Degree in Speech Pathology.
• Hold or have the ability to acquire before commencement the following:
  • Membership with Speech Pathology Australia with provisional/full Certified Practising Speech Pathologist status.
  • Current Blue Card For Working With Children in QLD
  • Current positive National Police Check
  • NDIS Worker Screening Clearance
  • Current drivers license.
  • Professional Indemnity and Malpractice Insurance.
• Ability to work independently, manage own time to achieve deadlines and work as an effective team member.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with parents, professionals, other stakeholders and team members, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to identify own learning needs, strengths and limitations and seek out appropriate tools and resources to improve own skills and competencies as required.
• Attention to detail and commitment to achieving quality outcomes and continuous quality improvement.
• Ability to learn quickly, show initiative and problem solve with a positive attitude and growth mindset in a busy work setting.
• Demonstrated ability to be change ready so that new processes and systems can be quickly integrated as we grow, improve and evolve as an organisation.

The following Desirable Selection Criteria will help you step right into the role. however, if you have not had these experiences yet in your career, we look forward to being a part of your learning journey as we support you to develop these skills with us:

• Experience working as a Speech Pathologist in a paediatric setting with children, young people and/or families and teachers.
• Knowledge of, and experience in delivering Speech Pathology services to children with play and social skills problems, learning and literacy difficulties, difficulties with communication and interaction, speech and language delays, and/ or those diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Language Impairment, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, and/or other developmental conditions.
• Training in The Hanen Program, DIR/Floortime, PODD, The Lidcombe Program For Children Who Stutter, SOS Feeding Program, Augmentative & Alternative Communication systems, play interventions, literacy interventions and/or intervention for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Questions?

For more information about the position or our service visit www.occumax.com.au or call Natalie on 0447432255 for a chat about how Occumax might be the next right step for you. 

Apply Now

If Occumax sounds like the right place for you, please submit your CV and Cover Letter outlining why you would love to join our team via Seek. 
PS: New graduates are welcome to apply for our 2023 graduate program.