Speak Out Feb 2013

SPA opportunities

Expressions of Interest (EOI) Project Officer Telepractice Position Statement

The role involves developing a position statement on behalf of Speech Pathology Australia on the use of telepractice as a means to deliver professional speech pathology services. This position statement will provide guidance to employers, consumers, policy makers and professionals about the use of telepractice in speech pathology clinical and research settings. Speech pathologists may also wish to consult the document to clarify the position of the Association in this area. Interested members should submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to the Senior Advisor Private Practice (Christine Lyons) by 8 March 2013 . Christine is available to answer queries and provide the project brief to members. The written EOI should include the following:

Expressions of interest are invited for the position of guest editor of the proceedings for the 2013 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference. The guest editor will coordinate the review process and selection of high quality papers to be published in the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology to be published in June 2014. Each paper will be between 6,000-7,000 words in length. Previous editorial experience is highly recommended. Direct enquiries to: Professor Sharynne McLeod, Editor, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology at ijslp@csu.edu.au Please forward your expression of interest and curriculum vitae to Gail Mulcair, CEO, Speech Pathology Australia at council@ speechpathologyaustralia.org.au by Friday 8 March 2013 . Guest IJSLP Editor sought for the 2013 Conference Proceedings

• Curriculum Vitae

• Statement against Key Selection Criteria (available in the Project Brief from the Senior Advisor Private Practice)

• An example of the applicant's professional writing skills

• The names of two referees.

For further information or enquiries regarding the above position, please contact Christine Lyons by email: sapp@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au or by phone on 03 9862 4899 .

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