Senior Occupational Therapist
- Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora - Waitemata
- Community Based Rehabilitation
- Work in an Interdisciplinary Team
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.
About the Role
Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge?
We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to work in our Early Discharge and Rehabilitation Service (EDARS). In this role you will provide in-home rehabilitation, and leadership to the Occupational Therapy and interdisciplinary team.EDARS focuses on providing a comprehensive and coordinated home-based rehabilitation service for people in the Waitemata community. The service delivers individually prescribed rehabilitation to patients, based on their specific needs and goals via either intensive early supported discharge or less intensive community-based rehabilitation to adults in Waitemata.
About the Team/Service/ Location
This part time (0.6-0.8 FTE) role is based at the North Shore Community Allied Health offices in Takapuna. You will need to be available on Tuesdays for our weekly IDT meeting at 0800. You will be working as part of an established interdisciplinary team providing best practice rehabilitation through a patient centred approach to adults of all ages.EDARS provides rehabilitation for adults with acute neurological conditions/surgeries, post-stroke, people with recent amputations, and reconditioning following medical-illness.
Within this role you will receive Professional and Clinical Leadership development
This will include:
- Support of your personal objectives
- Education to be able to provide staff with professional development
- Learning opportunities to foster service development and leading quality care
- Training to provide professional supervision to staff
- Networking with clinical leaders, seniors, and staff grades across the organisation
- Regular individual professional supervision for support and mentoring
- Opportunities to be involved in teaching and training for non-Allied Health staff
- Opportunities to implement and develop new patient care models and service development.
- Work perks
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About you
As Senior Occupational Therapist you should have:
- New Zealand registered Occupational Therapist with current APC
- 5+ years relevant rehabilitation experience
- Strong teaching, communication, leadership, and coaching skills to work alongside staff to support and develop their clinical reasoning and autonomy.
- Experience in service development and quality improvement projects
- Effective leadership and people skills
- Strong role model with advanced communication skills
- Excellent assessment and time management skills
- Experience with leadership/senior roles in the past or present
- Driver's license essential
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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 Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
To apply please click 'apply now.' All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by 18/5/2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Jen Hewson EDARS Clinical Team Leader: Jennifer.hewson@waitematadhb.govt.nz or Julia Gundy Allied Health Team Manager: Julia.gundy@waitematadhb.govt.nz
For recruitment specific questions please contact: Nisha Karipoth Nisha.karipoth@waitematadhb.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.