Description
Eldercare has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Speech Pathologist
- Based at Eastwood
- Part Time opportunity 0.8 FTE (Mondays and Fridays required)
- Exciting new role
At Eldercare, our purpose is simple but powerful: to deliver peace of mind with our care.
At Eldercare, we are committed to delivering exceptional care and support to older South Australians. As one of the state’s leading not-for-profit aged care providers, we foster a compassionate and inclusive work environment where every team member is valued.
By joining Eldercare, you'll become part of a team that prioritises integrity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. With a strong focus on learning and development, we’ll support you as you grow your career.
About the Role
Eldercare is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Speech Pathologist to pioneer and shape our speech pathology services across multiple residential aged care sites. This is a substantial opportunity for a senior clinician ready to make a significant impact—optimising swallowing care and communication for older adults, driving service improvement, and supporting multidisciplinary teams.
This role is ideal for an experienced Speech Pathologist seeking success in a high-impact, autonomous position, with the chance to innovate and build an internal service from the ground up.
You will provide specialist 1:1 assessment and intervention to residents across our sites, including urgent swallowing assessments. You will support large site-based multidisciplinary teams in maintaining best-practice approaches to feeding and communication. And you will work closely with our Food Services team with meal planning and quality assurance. Leveraging your experience in an acute hospital environment, or residential aged care, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a very experienced and passionate Head Office team to embed industry-leading speech pathology practice.
As a Senior Speech Pathologist eligible for full membership of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia, you will champion safe and effective swallowing and mealtime practices across the Eldercare community. You’ll collaborate with residents, families, and staff to design person-centred services and empower residents to make informed decisions about their eating, drinking and communication.
What You Will Bring
- Speech Pathology qualifications with eligibility for full SPA membership
- Experience with adult clients in acute, community, or agedcare settings.
- SA driver’s licence and readiness to travel across Eldercare sites.
- Strong clinical capability supported by quality assurance awareness and continuous improvement principles.
- Collaborative practice, with proven teamwork, communication, negotiation, and conflictresolution strengths.
- Confidence in educating others, working independently, and adapting to changing environments.
- Solid digital literacy, including Windows and Microsoft Office.
- Expert knowledge of IDDSI and sound understanding of OHS, Manual Handling, and Infection Control.
Why Choose Eldercare?
- Be part of apurpose-driven organisationthat values compassion and community
- Salary packaging optionsto increase your take-home pay
- Ongoingtraining and development opportunities
- Work inmodern facilitieswith on-site parking
- Enjoy thevarietyof working across different locations
- Join a team that feels more like family
Ready to Join Us?
To view the Job and Person Specification for this role please click here.
To work for Eldercare, you are required to hold an acceptable National Police Clearanceand comply with relevant vaccination requirements as per Eldercare policy which includes vaccination for both seasonal influenza and COVID-19.
Eldercare is proud to be a Rainbow Tick accredited organisation. We are committed to supporting our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) residents, employees and volunteers to ensure they feel included and safe. Regardless of their culture, religion, spirituality, age, gender, sexuality, disability, socio-economic background or personal experiences, our people are welcomed, included and respected.
Eldercare encourages respectful relationships and does not accept any form of gender-based violence in the workplace. Eldercare is committed to preventing violence against women and is proud to be a White Ribbon accredited workplace to support victims of abuse.
All employees can expect to receive fair and equal treatment and to be free from discrimination in all aspects of their life with Eldercare.