Paediatric Speech Language Therapy

6 days ago

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

**Paediatric Speech Language Therapy**

**Job Number**:WAI28697**

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

**Service**: Speech Language Therapy Paediatric 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 the dynamic Paediatric health space?

Are you committed to supporting tamariki (children)? Are you wanting to drive and deliver high quality care?

Yes? We would love to talk to you about Paediatric Speech Language Therapy 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 paediatric service, delivering focused and impactful therapy sessions that make a real difference to the lives of tamariki (children) 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 2-3+ years working in the paediatric Space. As part of the team you would be providing assessment and intervention on a range communication and swallowing difficulties supporting tamariki (children) and their whānau (family and or extended family). _

Your caseload will involve working with infants and children with a variety of conditions. You will work regularly with a highly skilled MDT team at the Waikato Hospital, Waikato Child Development Centre and other paediatric specialities to deliver a specialist diagnostic assessment and intervention service to tamariki (children) from birth to 15 years of age.

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

The speech language therapy team work in a variety of areas including inpatient medical and surgical wards, critical care (NICU/ICU), outpatient clinics, rural hospitals,, child development centre and the cleft lip and palate clinic. 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

You will work within a close team that provide speech language therapy services to, infants, children and whānau across the Waikato area.

The speech language therapy team work in a variety of areas including: inpatient medical and surgical wards, ICU, NICU, outpatient clinics, home visits, rural hospitals and child

**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 whānau 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 children with a range of communication needs
- Experience working with children with swallowing/feeding difficulties
- Have experience performing and interpreting videofluoroscopy swallowing studies, ideally in paediatrics
- Have excellent knowledge of childhood development

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

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