About the role

Blue Wing Care is looking for a Speech Pathologist to join our allied health team in Cairns and Far North Queensland. The caseload is adult and paediatric NDIS participants with complex communication needs and dysphagia: AAC, communication partner training, mealtime management plans and swallowing assessment.

Cairns is our newest region and this is a build role. You will shape how therapy runs in Far North Queensland rather than inherit how somebody else did it.

Because we also deliver the daily support, the communication system you set up is used by the same team every day, and the mealtime plan you write is followed in the kitchen rather than kept in a drawer.

What you will do
Assess communication and swallowing, and write the reports that fund the supports
Set up and review AAC, from low tech through to speech generating devices
Write mealtime management plans and train support workers and families to follow them
Deliver communication partner training to the teams around each participant
Keep clinical notes and documentation to NDIS Practice Standards

What you bring




Eligibility for Certified Practising Speech Pathologist membership of Speech Pathology Australia
A current Australian driver's licence and a roadworthy, insured vehicle
A valid NDIS Worker Screening clearance
A valid Blue Card
First Aid and CPR training, or willingness to complete it

Dysphagia and AAC experience is valued. New graduates with an interest in either are encouraged to apply.

What we offer
A explicit, realistic billable expectation you will know before you start
Mealtime management work that is actually implemented, because we employ the support team
Supervision from clinicians who carry a caseload themselves
Permanent full time, with part-time and contract arrangements open to discussion
Laptop and phone provided
Funded career development, including dysphagia and AAC training

We are an approved sponsor and welcome applications from overseas-qualified clinicians who want to relocate to Australia.

We are booking interviews now.
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📌 Speech Pathologist Cairns Regional
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📍 Cairns Regional