Community Older Persons & Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist

Location: Hutt Valley

Service: Te Herenga Tangata, Community Older Persons, Rehabilitation and Allied Health

Contract: Allied Health MECA

Salary: $94,394-$110,210

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Are you looking for variety, career development and a supportive team? Check out this Community and Rehabilitation role!

Located across the harbour from Wellington, Te Herenga Tangata, provides community services across the beautiful Hutt Valley. We have eight Occupational Therapists in our large inter-disciplinary team specializing across a variety of areas.

The Occupational Therapist in this role will be working across the range of community referrals engaging with clients with rehabilitation needs through to those referred into Community OTs for home-based functional & environmental assessments. Intervention may include equipment, housing modifications or wheelchair related input that requires a level one credential. We won - t ask you to do bathroom modifications but ramp installation is now well facilitated by the supplier, so you - ll find it very easy to organise these for clients!

You - ll be using a range of skills including neuro rehabilitation to offer the appropriate assessments and collaborative intervention planning for people recovering from/living with conditions such as Parkinson - s Disease, MS, and Stroke etc who have been discharged home from hospital or referred by Primary Health. Other client groups include people requiring a Return to Work programme, older adults and people with a range of long-term conditions impacting on their function.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

You will have access to Physiotherapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Speech Language therapy, Dietitians, along with our medical and Community Nursing colleagues. Our service delivery models are evolving as we use more inter-professional practice approaches and delegate more work to our skilled Allied Health Assistants.

We are continuing to build relationships with Primary Health and a broad range of Government and Community providers with the objective of making it easier for our staff to provide timelier, effective and equity focused health services.

Te Herenga Tangata is part of a single Community Older Adults, Rehabilitation and Allied Health group together with our Capital Coast colleagues increasing professional and career development opportunities for our staff. Within this position you will have access to clinical supervision, the support of the OT Professional leader, in-service and external training opportunities relevant to your role.

Moū - About you

The person in this role will be passionate about what Community Occupational Therapy and our broader team can offer to the well- being of our people. You will be flexible, keen to learn and innovate, have great communication and relationship skills, persistence, and most importantly a sense of humour.

This position is a full-time role but if you wish to discuss part-time hours or hybrid working, please don - t hesitate to be in touch.

E pā ana ki a tatou - About us

Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast

Hutt Valley

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email philip.adamson@tewhatuora.govt.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed