Senior Speech Language Therapist

1 day ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Full time

**Senior Speech Language Therapist - Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Starship Child Health**
- Starship - New Zealand’s premier children’s hospital
- Permanent position

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

**About the role**

You will have the opportunity to:

- Hold a clinical caseload using advanced knowledge and skills in the area of paediatric critical care to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patients’/clients’ health needs
- Remain focused in the pursuit of Māori health gain as well as achieving equitable health outcomes for Māori
- based practice
- Support the development and embedding of the SLT role into PICU including service development, audit, and clinical pathways
- Demonstrate culturally safe practice that encompasses a diverse range of beliefs, values and practices
- Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team, working closely together to ensure best outcomes for our patient care needs
- Thrive within a vibrant, innovative and diverse setting amongst a supportive interdisciplinary team of Dietetics, Hospital Play Specialists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Therapists and Social Workers

**About the Team/Service/ Location**

Our team of paediatric speech-language therapists work across all inpatient areas in Starship Hospital and provide specialist outpatient instrumental assessment services.
- Meaningful support and orientation to your practice contexts with robust opportunities for critical reflection on practice, including peer review and professional supervision
- On the job training with continuous improvement and development opportunities
- A great team environment and supportive work culture

**About you**

As the ideal person for this role, you will have the following skills and attributes:

- NZ registration as a Speech-Language Therapist with current Annual Practicing Certificate
- 4+ years of post-graduate clinical work experience and 2 years’ experience within the area of specialty
- Proven experience working in clinical mentorship, training, and service development/quality improvement
- Excellent skills in relationship building and communication to a broad range of stakeholders
- Sound clinical reasoning skills and use of evidence informed practice
- Proven skills in working with critically unwell children from a variety of aetiologies including those with tracheostomies, ventilated and long-term ventilated children
- Ability to work collaboratively with a range of professional groups in a multidisciplinary setting
- Effective time management, prioritisation and organisation skills
- Drive, energy and initiative with excellent interpersonal skills

**Working at Health New Zealand**

Starship Child Health is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major teaching centre, providing family centred care to neonates, children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific. Starship is a part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and is the only comprehensive children’s hospital in New Zealand serving a population of approximately 1 million children.

**How to apply**

**Job details**:
**Job Reference**:

ADHB23101**Location**:

- North Island - Auckland - Central Auckland**Job type**:

Permanent Part time**Expertise**:

- Clinical - Allied Health - Speech Language Therapist / Speech Pathologist**Closes**:

17-Aug-2025

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