Speech Language Therapist

2 months ago

Gisborne, New Zealand Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Full time

Speech Language Therapist at Gisborne Hospital
- 80 hours per fortnight
- Full-time permanent

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

**About the Role**

This is a generalist position and you will be working across a range of settings (inpatients, outpatients, community) with patients with a variety of communication and swallowing disorders. No two days are the same in this role, and you will be managing your own caseload. You will have lots of opportunities for professional development and you will be working within a supportive team environment.

This role would be well suited to an SLT with experience who is looking for a varied clinical role or a recent graduate who is looking for an opportunity to develop a wide range of skills in a supportive environment; clinical supervision will be provided.

**About the Team/Service/ Location**

We are a small but dedicated and friendly SLT team. We aim to deliver a high quality, patient centered, responsive, evidence-based and equitable speech language therapy service. We place high value on creating a safe and inclusive working environment.
- _Job Description -_ _**_Speech Language Therapist_**

**About you**

We look forward to hearing from you if you have:

- A positive attitude to life-long learning and the desire to deliver the best evidence-based practice for patients and whānau.
- A strong understanding of inequity and the contributing factors, as well as dedication to help your patients/clients achieve their health outcomes.
- A passion for speech language therapy and helping patients and their whānau achieve their goals.
- The ability to work under pressure and manage your workload independently and prioritise tasks accordingly.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and able to work with a wide variety of people.
- A current full driver’s licence.
- Experience/professional competencies:_
- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth.
- Experience in dysphagia assessment and management, VFSS or FEES competencies would be great but not essential.
- A degree in Speech Language Therapy and membership of (or be eligible for membership of) the NZSTA.

**Working for Health New Zealand**

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

**_ Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion _**

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