Senior Occupational Therapist, Sub-acute Community Health Service
New Zealand Government
New Zealand
Health and Care
Job posted on January 17, 2025
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Job Description:
Permanent, Full Time Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines
The Opportunity: Get the best of both worlds utilise your acute clinical skills in a rehabilitative community setting. In this role you will be part of a dynamic and supportive team, developing and implementing an innovative service model to provide a smoother transition for clients from hospital to home. As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you'll be collaborating with other passionate clinicians to provide an interprofessional approach to patient care; enhancing health outcomes for clients and whaanau enabling them to reach their full potential. This team works across the five community bases delivering acute care to patients under hospital in the home, reablement and transitional care, maintaining strong links with inpatient hospital services. This is an excellent career development opportunity for an experienced allied health professional 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 Advanced and Senior Clinicians from other disciplines to ensure high quality, evidence-based practice throughout the Community Health Service. The role will support the development of the core and assistant interdisciplinary workforce delivering care within a restorative approach. Essential:
What's in it for you?
Counties Manukau District fully supports ongoing education and development of all employees including regular supervision, fortnightly in-services, performance development plans and supported study. If you are seeking an opportunity to work for a dynamic and progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health delivery, then we would like to hear from you. To review the position description please click here. For more information please contact Amy Lin in the Recruitment Centre on 09 276 0044 ext 58680 or Amy.Lin@middlemore.co.nz Job Number: CMH202514766 Applications Close: 30 January 2025 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.
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- Flexible working
- Commitment to your professional development
- Highly supportive team environment
- Opportunity for weekend work
The Opportunity: Get the best of both worlds utilise your acute clinical skills in a rehabilitative community setting. In this role you will be part of a dynamic and supportive team, developing and implementing an innovative service model to provide a smoother transition for clients from hospital to home. As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you'll be collaborating with other passionate clinicians to provide an interprofessional approach to patient care; enhancing health outcomes for clients and whaanau enabling them to reach their full potential. This team works across the five community bases delivering acute care to patients under hospital in the home, reablement and transitional care, maintaining strong links with inpatient hospital services. This is an excellent career development opportunity for an experienced allied health professional 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 Advanced and Senior Clinicians from other disciplines to ensure high quality, evidence-based practice throughout the Community Health Service. The role will support the development of the core and assistant interdisciplinary workforce delivering care within a restorative approach. Essential:
- Registration and current APC with the NZ Occupational Therapy Board
- A minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience within a similar health setting
- Advanced clinical reasoning and assessment skills
- Flexible and adaptable team player with mentoring/supervision experience
- Experience of service development
- Full drivers licence
What's in it for you?
- Refund of your annual practising certificate cost
- Onsite professional development sessions
- Generous study allowance on top of mandatory training
- Support with Immigration/Visa
- Free parking onsite
- Discounted services as part of our work perks
Counties Manukau District fully supports ongoing education and development of all employees including regular supervision, fortnightly in-services, performance development plans and supported study. If you are seeking an opportunity to work for a dynamic and progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health delivery, then we would like to hear from you. To review the position description please click here. For more information please contact Amy Lin in the Recruitment Centre on 09 276 0044 ext 58680 or Amy.Lin@middlemore.co.nz Job Number: CMH202514766 Applications Close: 30 January 2025 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.