Core Or Senior Clinician Occupational Therapist, Community Stroke Rehabilitation

Part time 0.8FTE, fixed term until April 2026

Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines

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.

The Opportunity:

The Community Stroke Rehabilitation (CSR) team based at Middlemore Hospital is looking for an core or senior occupational therapist with an interest in stroke rehabilitation to join the team!

If you enjoy variety, new challenges, working in a multi-cultural setting and being part of an interdisciplinary team then this is the job for you. CSR provides stroke specialist rehabilitation in the client’s homes with a focus on community reintegration and promotion of self-management. Working within the CSR service you will be a key member of the inter-disciplinary team, using your expertise to provide occupationally focused assessments and interventions based on meaningful occupations for adult clients requiring rehabilitation.

You will be professionally supported by a section head and other senior Occupational therapists as well as the wider team of physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, social worker, rehabilitation assistants, nurse, dietician, and a nurse and doctor. Counties Manukau fully supports ongoing education and development of all employees including regular supervision and in-services.

Essential:

• NZ Registered Occupational Therapist with a current practising certificate
• Minimum 1 year Occupational Therapy experience in a physical health setting for core clinician
• Minimum 5 years Occupational Therapy experience in a physical health setting for senior clinician
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team
• Full, current NZ driver's licence

Desired:

• Experience working in rehabilitation
• Accessable accreditation in equipment
• Experience supervising students and junior staff

Our commitment to you:

• Regular supervision and in-services
• Encourage use of individual professional development funds
• Refund of your annual practising certificate cost
• Significant contribution towards your OTNZ subscription
• Strong clinical Occupational Therapy leadership

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 Maaori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal. To review the core clinician position description, please click here or senior clinician 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: CMH202514986

Applications Close: 04 April 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.