Speech Pathologist - Mid Year Graduate Program 2026

Company Description

Welcome to Ability Action Australia!

👋 Welcome to Ability Action Australia, where we help NDIS participants (0–65 years) get more out of life, more independence, more confidence, more growth, more wins.

Every day, we’re in the community helping people do life better… and honestly, it feels pretty epic. 🚀

Job Description

Are you graduating as a Speech Pathologist this year and ready to kick-start your career somewhere that actually supports you, cheers you on, mentors you, and celebrates your wins (including getting your session notes done on the same day 🙌)?

Welcome to Ability Action Australia, where new-grad Speechies thrive, laugh, grow, and occasionally ask,
“Is this the moment I finally become a confident clinician?”
(Spoiler: yes. Yes it is.)

ABOUT US 💬🧡

We’re a national therapy provider supporting NDIS participants of all ages to get more out of life today.

Our teams are warm, our culture is genuinely fun, our supervision is actually weekly (we know, wild 😱), and our 12-month Action-Packed Graduate Program is designed to take you from fresh grad to confident Speech Pathologist, without burning you out.

We’re now welcoming Mid-Year Graduate Speech Pathologists to join our Hobart, Tasmania team.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE OUR GRAD PROGRAM 🎁

You’ve done the hard yards...now it’s time to enjoy the rewards:

✨ Guaranteed salary of $86,400 incl. super
✨ Travel reimbursement (kms covered = more snacks 🚗🍫)
✨ $1,500 external CPD allowance
✨ Performance-based incentives (aka treat-yourself money 💸)
✨ Laptop, smartphone & clinical toolkit provided
✨ Professional indemnity insurance covered
✨ Salary packaging & novated leasing options
✨ Employee perks: travel discounts, gym savings & more 🏖️💪
✨ Flexible working: home, café, office or clinic ☕
✨ 1:1 weekly supervision, monthly workshops, structured mentoring
✨ Your own graduate buddy (who actually replies 📱)

What sets us apart?
👉 A support system that never leaves you hanging, especially while you’re learning reports, navigating NDIS processes, and finding your clinical groove.

WHO YOU ARE 🫶🔍

You’re a soon-to-be (or newly) graduating Speechie who is:

• Empathetic, curious & eager to learn
• Passionate about helping people communicate and connect
• Excited to join a fun, multidisciplinary team
• Keen to grow your skills with genuine support
• Not afraid of a good pun (Speechies love them, it’s science 🤓)
• SPA-registered or eligible upon graduation

READY TO LAUNCH YOUR SPEECHIE ERA? 🚀🎙️

I’m Carla Morris, your Grad Program wing-woman, question-answerer, and the person cheering you on from Day 1.

📞 0430 652 332
📧 [email protected]
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-morris-52590138/

Apply now and let’s help you get more out of your career,starting right here in Hobart. 💫

Additional Information

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.