Clinical Lead - Vocational Rehab

Habit Health is a nationwide healthcare provider, specializing in the rehabilitation space. We enable people to live their best lives and empower our teams to realize their full potential.

We have the exciting opportunity to appoint a senior clinician to lead the Vocational Rehab Service in Wellington. You will be helping to develop and grow this service and our clients when it comes to successful return-to-work outcomes. Your measured approach and ability to drive local relationships and participate in stakeholder engagement will be key in making you stand out.

This role can be based in either the CBD in Wellington or in Lower Hutt.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead the VR Service in the region, ensuring effective service delivery.
• Triage and manage new referrals to the service.
• Support the interdisciplinary team in delivering high-quality care.
• Facilitate and lead local multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
• Oversee the quality of service delivery and implement improvements where needed.
• Provide clinical support and guidance to employees and contractors.
• Collaborate with Regional Manager and Team Leads to support individual staff members.

The benefits of working with us:

• Market competitive remuneration - we value our people
• Annual budget set aside for professional development / study
• We have development pathways designed to steer you towards the leadership space
• All efforts made to provide you with the work / life balance that suits your needs
• Great team culture with regular social events, weekly treats, award schemes
• Well-being initiatives: annual eye exam, flu vaccination, access to the full scope of EAP services

The ideal candidate:

• A minimum of 2 years' clinical experience with a focus on VR
• 5+ years experience in either physiotherapy or occupational therapy
• Post-graduate qualifications in chronic pain are desirable
• Excellent relationship building and leadership skills
• Sound ACC operational, medical and policy knowledge
• Member of professional associations required by ACC contracts

Please refer to job no 1958 in your cover letter when applying for this role.
Confidentiality is assured

Habit Health is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity hiring and providing a safe space to people of all cultures, languages, experiences and backgrounds.