Advanced Clinician Speech Language Therapist, Specialised Community Health Services

Full time, fixed term until March 2027 (maternity leave cover)

Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines 

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

We have a great opportunity available to an experienced Speech Language Therapist!

Our shared vision is to work in partnership with our communities to improve the health status of all, with particular emphasis on Maaori, Pacific people, and other populations with health disparities.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Speech Language Therapist to work across the Counties Manukau Speech language service as an Advanced Clinician. This role will provide clinical leadership across the speech therapy team and will focus on enhancing the health outcomes for clients and whanau by ensuring high quality care is provided.

In this role you will:

• Apply advanced knowledge, skills and clinical reasoning when providing specialist intervention
• Coordinate, facilitate and model interdisciplinary practice based
• Provide specialist consultation and clinical teaching based on contemporary best-practice
• Provide clinical leadership to the Speech Language Therapists through clinical research, audit and evaluation of services and client outcomes
• Support the development of Speech language Therapy by providing specialist advice and input into policy, planning, and resources

This is an excellent career development opportunity for an experienced Speech Language Therapist with a passion for clinical leadership, workforce development and innovative service design. The successful candidate will work in conjunction with Allied Health Team Leaders and senior clinicians to ensure high quality, evidence-based practice throughout the Speech Language therapy Service. The role will support team members to develop and reach FEES and VFS competencies.

Taking a lead role in the development and upskilling of clinicians within the Speech Language therapy service will provide you with great opportunities for professional development and further career advancement.

Essential:

• Relevant Speech Language Therapy qualification and eligibility for NZSTA membership
• A minimum of 6 years post-graduate experience within a similar health setting
• Proven record of clinical leadership, critical thinking, and service development
• Full drivers licence

Desirable:

• Active involvement in relevant professional organisations
• Research and audit experience
• Knowledge of quality improvement principles and processes
• Level 3 or above FEES and VFSS competencies

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Maaori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online career’s portal by 14 June 2026. To view the job description, please click here.

For more information, please contact Amy on amy.lin@tewhatuora.govt.nz.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.