Speech Pathologist - Grade 2 - Casual

Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and experienced Speech Pathologists to join our dynamic team on a casual basis. If you are looking to grow your clinical experience in adult acute care and be part of a supportive and forward-thinking health service, we would love to hear from you!

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

About the Role:

We are offering casual Grade 2 Speech Pathology roles for clinicians with a special interest in adult acute caseloads to support our weekend service. There may also be opportunities for weekday casual shifts to support service demand and suit your availability.

These opportunities are ideal for clinicians looking to broaden their clinical experience within a supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary environment, while contributing meaningfully to patient outcomes.

In this role, you will:

• Work independently with a diverse adult inpatient caseload across acute hospital wards
• Assess and manage patients presenting with communication and swallowing disorders
• Collaborate closely within a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality patient-centred care
• Provide culturally responsive care within a diverse and multicultural health service
• Demonstrate strong clinical reasoning, flexibility, and effective time management in a busy clinical environment
• Experience what it is like to work at Northern Health and be among the first to hear about future permanent opportunities

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience and good working knowledge of the assessment and management of adult patients presenting with disorders of communication and swallowing in an acute setting
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Strong self-reflection skills and positive attitude to learning
• Demonstrated flexibility in caseload management, in particular, an ability to manage a busy and varied caseload
• Ability to work autonomously 

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Sarah Edwards, Acting Clinical Leader Speech Pathology, Orthoptics, Audiology and Music Therapy at *************@nh.org.au.

Applications close  4 September 2026

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Shortlisting will commence immediately for this vacancy. If an appropriate candidate is sourced, the advertising may close early, thus we advise you to apply right away.