Senior Audiologist , Queensland Health

About Us

Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.

A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.

We provide an integrated network of services through:

• Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services
• Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations

Children's Health Queensland provides services from key locations in the Brisbane metropolitan area and works with the 15 other hospital and health services as well as NGOs and charity partners in Queensland to deliver an integrated network of healthcare services and support across the state.

Your Opportunity:

The position of Senior Audiologist will deliver high level clinical and population-based audiology services in the allied health team for the Deadly Ears program aimed at; 

• Improving the early diagnosis and management of conductive hearing loss for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in rural and remote communities by delivering and coordinating comprehensive care pathways to optimise speech, language and participation outcomes as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team.
• Improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (with or at risk of conductive hearing loss) by supporting workforces and services to manage the impacts on child development and wellbeing. 

The scope of this position includes clinical service delivery in rural and remote settings, cross sector collaboration for service improvement initiatives, clinical advice, education, health promotion, teaching and research. 

What CHQ HHS can offer

Apart from contributing to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, you will also benefit from a competitive remuneration package and a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities and supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing. Additional benefits include:

• Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work/life balance, variety and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here ( ) .

Some roles within Queensland Health are designated as ‘Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk roles'. A VPD risk role is a role in which the incumbent may be exposed to the risk of acquisition and/or transmission of a VPD. Please refer to the attached Role Description for more information and what requirements may exist.

The Workforce attractive incentive scheme may apply to this position, please refer to the guidelines for further information ( ) .