Speech Pathologist - Clinical Educator ICYMHS
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- Fixed term, 12 months
- Part time, 8 hours per week
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About ICYMHS
The Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) sits within the Mental Health Division (MHD) and provides tertiary mental health services to the north-eastern catchment of Melbourne (currently the local government areas of Banyule, Boroondara, Darebin, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, and Yarra). Young people eligible for the service are aged 0-25 years.
About the role
Austin ICYMHS has Speech Pathologists across the service, with a professional structure that provides opportunities for growth and development. The Speech Pathology Clinical Educator will provide education and support for the speech pathology graduates within the graduate program.
This role will be responsible for liaising with other relevant stakeholders, speech pathology graduate workforce learning and development needs and providing leadership around training and education for the allied health graduates. Some travel across the Austin Health catchment will be required.
About you
You will be someone with excellent communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills, who has strong organisational and time management skills and a strong curiosity around the relationship between communication and mental health.
To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
- Extensive experience in speech pathology within a mental health setting,
- Demonstrated knowledge and skills in training and education for speech pathology.
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring managers: Sandy Robertson, Program Manager ICYMHS at sandy.robertson@austin.org.au and Liz Morkham, Discipline Senior ICYMHS at liz.morkham@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Monday 19 October 2026
