Speech Language Therapy

4 weeks ago

Hamilton, New Zealand Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Waikato Full time

**Speech Language Therapy - Outpatient**

**Job Number**:WAI28719**

**Location**: Waikato Hospital, with potential travel throughout the district

**Service**: Speech Language Therapy Out Patient Te Whatu Ora - Waikato

**Contract**: Part time, fixed term parental leave cover for 12 months, hours and rostering pattern by negotiation

**Salary**: As per current employment agreement and in line with clinical experience

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

Are you a Speech Language Therapist looking for an opportunity to work in our Adult outpatient department?

Are you committed to supporting patients beyond their hospital stay? Are you wanting to drive and deliver high quality care?

Yes? We would love to talk to you about our wonderful Adult Outpatient Speech Language Therapy service at Waikato Hospital and what this fixed term has to offer you.

Come and join our team where every day brings new challenges in a dynamic work environment. You'll collaborate closely with your peers to prioritise patient care across the outpatient service, delivering focused and impactful therapy sessions that make a real difference to the lives of in your care and make an impact in one of New Zealand’s largest industries.

**About the Role**
- This position is a parental leave cover and is fixed term for 12 months. This would be perfect for a flexible and innovative Speech Language Therapist with 2+ years working, though all applicants will be considered on merit. As part of the team you would be providing assessment and intervention on a range communication and swallowing difficulties supporting Adults._

The role will be predominately based in outpatient clinics at Waikato hospital, and rural clinics, providing instrumental/assessment and management of communication and swallowing disorders for adults. You will work regularly with a highly skilled MDT team at the Waikato Hospital and other adult specialities to deliver a specialist diagnostic assessment and intervention service to patients under Speech Language Therapy.

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

The speech language therapy team as a whole work in a variety of areas including inpatient medical and surgical wards, critical care, outpatient clinics, rural hospitals, There may be opportunities to gain clinical experiences across these areas if interested.

Waikato DHB provides tertiary health care to Te Manawa Taki (Midlands) Region. Clinical specialties include oncology, surgical services, paediatrics, obstetrics, emergency and critical care, radiology and anaesthetics. Our Speech Language Therapy team works closely with our Allied, Medical and Nursing colleagues across the hospital

**Mōu | About you**

Required skills & experience you will need to be consider for this role:

- Have NZSTA membership or at least be eligible for NZSTA membership
- Have a Bachelors or Masters degree in Speech Language Therapy from an NZSTA-accredited programme; or have had your qualifications approved by the NZSTA
- Have an openness to working within a multi-disciplinary team working towards patient focused goals
- Have a current valid full New Zealand drivers licence
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- The ability to work within a team to achieve client focused goals
- Ability to provide a culturally safe service with Te Tiriti in the forefront of your practice and a focus on evidence based practice
- Exceptional communication skills across the lifespan

Ideally you will also have:

- Experience working with Adults with a range of communication needs
- Experience working with Adults with swallowing/feeding difficulties
- Have experience performing and interpreting videofluoroscopy swallowing studies
- Have excellent knowledge of medical conditions commonly seen in Speech Language Therapy patients

**Click**here** to view the position description.**

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