October 4, 2024

Habit Health

Queenstown

OTHER & FULL TIME

Speech Language Therapist

Closing Date: 02/11/2024

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Otago Central - Queenstown - Grant Road

Job Category: Health, Medical & Pharmaceutical

Job Description

Habit Health is a nationwide healthcare provider, specialising in the rehabilitation space. We enable people to live their best lives and empower our teams to realise their full potential.
Our Queenstown clinic is looking for a dedicated Speech Language Therapist who will work with other allied health team members to support people the way they deserve to be taken care of – the Habit Health way.
Main responsibilities:

Assess, Develop and Implement rehabilitation solutions within contracted timeframes
Liaise with other allied health team members
Create patient reports on client abilities, goals and best practice intervention
Be prepared to supervise new graduate staff or students if applicable

The benefits of working with us:

Annual budget set aside for professional development / study
Re-imbursement of professional registration / APC fees (pro-rated for part-times hours)
All efforts made to provide you with the work / life balance that suits your needs
Clinical supervision provided
Opportunities to develop clinical skills in rehabilitation
Permanent full-time roles with clear career progression
Great team culture with regular social events, weekly treats, award schemes
Well-being initiatives: annual eye exam, flu vaccination, access to EAP services

The ideal candidate:

Tertiary qualification in Speech Language Therapy or similar
Current member of the NZ Speech Language Therapy Association
Dysphagia experience would be beneficial
Ability to work and enjoy working autonomously
Full NZ Driver’s license for community rehabilitation
Excellent communication skills – you will be meeting new and varied people every day!

Please refer to job 1819 in your cover letter when applying for this role.
If you have any questions, email HR@Habit.co.nz
Confidentiality is assured.
Habit Health is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity hiring and providing a safe space to people of all cultures, languages, experiences and backgrounds.