Employment Type: Fixed term maternity leave cover
Hours: 60.8hrs per fortnight
Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital
Contact: Kerrie Johns,
Where there's life, there's Mercy. Where there's care, there's You. Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be? For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that's gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere. As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere. At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better. To do that, we need you. Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.
About the opportunity
The position provides care to adults in centre or home-based appointments. In this role you will have the opportunity to work with a broad range of adults presenting with communication difficulties, cognitive-communication, voice and swallowing impairments. You will be responsible for speech pathology service provision, including assessment and rehabilitation, providing you with an opportunity to develop robust clinical skills to support the management of people with complex physical and psychosocial care needs. Based at Werribee Mercy Hospital Maternity leave cover , 4 days a week until 4/3/2027 Working weekdays - office hours Weekends and public holidays off
What you'll bring
You're resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.
To thrive in this role, you will have:
Recognised degree or equivalent in Speech Pathology and eligible for membership with Speech Pathology Australia.




Demonstrated clinical competency in the management of patients with communication and/ swallowing impairments, such as aphasia, cognitive-communication impairment, dysphonia, dysarthria, apraxia of speech and dysphagia.
Able to work autonomously and flexibly within an interdisciplinary team
Have clinical skills and experience in sub-acute/ community setting
Videofluoroscopy competency
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture. We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support.
We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
Mercy Health Australia is renowned for its unwavering commitment to providing compassionate and patient-centered health services and aged care services.
Mercy Health is made up of 10,000 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
Mercy Health employs people from many cultures and backgrounds who, irrespective of their beliefs, share a common bond to care for those in need.
We look forward to welcoming you to your journey with Mercy Health.
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📌 Speech Pathologist (Melbourne)
🏢 MERCY HOSPITALS VICTORIA
📍 Melbourne