Speech Pathology
We offer diverse opportunities to advance and grow your career as a speech pathologist.
As a regional health care service, GV Health provides speech pathologists with a choice of practice settings. Many roles offer exposure to a vast array of patient presentations and therefore opportunities for skill development.
Speech pathologists at GV Health work either in the speech pathology department with grade 1 to grade 3 roles in admitted care or in a range of multidisciplinary community teams. All clinicians are supported through clinical mentoring and supervision to continually develop their clinical and professional practice skills. Some of the areas of specialised practice available include videofluoroscopy, paediatric and neonatal feeding, tracheostomy, laryngectomy, and mental health.
Our areas of Speech Pathology practice
The admitted services speech pathology team is well structured to include new graduate to senior roles, as well as allied health assistants. This ensures that everyone has access to clinical supervision and is well supported. A typical day could include seeing patients on respiratory, medical, emergency, paediatrics, rehabilitation or in a mental health aged care facility. No two days will be the same!
In our onsite rehabilitation facility, speech pathology works as part of the multidisciplinary team. The focus is around patient goals, patient-centred care, a team approach and an intensive therapeutic lens to functional communication and swallowing. We have a variety of experience and roles within the speech pathology team, from supported new graduate to highly experienced grade 3, as well as the vital role of our allied health assistants.
Speech pathologists in community settings play a vital role in improving communication and swallowing abilities across diverse populations. Speech pathologists complete videofluroscopy assessments and use a variety of resources to provide excellent patient care, addressing patient goals and health needs. They work collaboratively with individuals of all ages, from children with speech delays to adults recovering from stroke or managing chronic conditions. With an extensive range of experience and roles in community programs our patients will receive the right care, in the right place at the right time.
Our community programs include:
- Community Rehabilitation Centre (CRC)
- Rural Allied Health Team (RAHT)
- Community Health
GV Health offers growing opportunities for speech pathologists to work within mental health services at our onsite hospital facilities, including roles in aged care settings and the psychiatric unit.
Paediatric speech pathology services at GV Health are offered from birth to 18 across a range of needs, departments and settings. For example, Community Health, the Special Care Nursery Unit and Paediatric Ward, specialist clinics for feeding, and a site for the Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service.
- Allied Health Education Training and Research
The Allied Health Education and Research Unit offers a structured interprofessional program to support professional practice and career progression as well as fostering Allied Health research capabilities and projects.
- Expression of Interest
If you are interested in working at GV Health, but there are no current positions available in your preferred role, you are welcome to submit an expression of interest, and we will contact you to discuss.
- Benefits of Working at GV Health
While working at our busy, regional health service, you’ll be exposed to challenging and stimulating work.