Posted: 05/01/2026
Closing Date: 02/02/2026
Job Type: Temporary
Location: Gosford
Job Category: Allied Health
Our Purpose and Ambition
NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.
NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we've been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We're a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.
We're committed to research and innovation, harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.
Our new world-leading centre for innovation on-site at Macquarie University NSW represents a new era for hearing and vision loss. This nationally significant social infrastructure project was undertaken to nurture, trial and share new ideas and form new partnerships that will drive better outcomes for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision. While the centre is based in Macquarie, its impact will extend across the country to all our sites —and your role from our Gosford office will be essential in bringing these advancements to life.
Job Description
The Role
NextSense has an exciting opportunity for a Speech Pathologist to join our team in Gosford. This is a Temporary Part Time role for 12 months working 22.8 hours per week (days to be confirmed) reporting directly to the Team Lead.
This role is essential to providing early intervention and speech pathology services to clients across the Central Coast, and broader NextSense Network. The role encompasses early intervention hearing and allied health speech pathology services such as AAC, mealtime management and complex speech disorders.
Fundamental in continuing to achieve our strategic horizon of enhanced outcomes and access for more people, you'll make a difference in this role by:
* providing high quality, client-centred early intervention and/or speech pathology services to clients with a hearing loss and/or vision impairment
* conducting speech, language and communication assessments to monitor and track outcomes and inform goals
* developing, delivering and evaluating ISP and progress reports with the client, family and relevant others
* implementing best practice services for clients in clinical and educational settings
* providing evidence-based assessment, intervention supports and other strategies to assist clients in achieving their goals and aspirations
* delivering services in person, via telepractice, in a NextSense centre, client home, school or other appropriate setting
* using a person/family centred framework when providing services, working alongside parents/caregivers to guide, coach and educate
* developing, delivering and evaluating Individual Support Plans and progress reports with the client, their family and relevant others
What we can offer you
* Competitive remuneration
* 100% salary packaging allowing you to increase your take home pay
* Generous leave provisions
* Access to industry leading education and professional development
* Wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program
Desired Skills and Experience
To be successful in this role you'll need to demonstrate you meet the following selection criteria.
Essential:
* Bachelor in speech pathology or equivalent
* Practicing member of Speech Pathology Australia
* Minimum 3 years' experience providing speech pathology services
* Sound clinical skills and knowledge
* Collaborative contributor to client outcomes as a member of a multidisciplinary team
* Valid driver's licence
* Working With Children with NDIS Worker check
Desirable:
* Prior experience working with clients with a sensory disability
We're here to help. If you have any further questions please reach out to our hiring manager Kylie Chisholm at We look forward to hearing from you.
NextSense is a child safe organisation, candidate compliance with child protection legislation is essential.