Speech Language Therapist – Habit Health, Queenstown

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.                                                                                                                                  
Habit Health’s Queenstown clinic on Grant Road is looking for a dedicated Speech Language Therapist who will work with other allied health team members to support their clients in their rehabilitative care. This role will see the successful candidate providing specialised communications assessment and treatment for our clients.

This is a full-time role but we may consider part-time hours for the right candidate

 Main responsibilities:

• Assess, develop and implement rehabilitation solutions within contracted timeframes 
• Liaise with other allied health team members across a multidisciplinary team
• 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:

• Market competitive salary – we value your worth!
• 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! 

If you think you have the experience and can-do attitude to make it even bigger with an organisation that rewards your worth, get in touch with our HR team at 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.