Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Where you’ll be working: Tokoroa Hospital
The details: Permanent part-time 32 hours per fortnight
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for an Allied Health Assistant to work as an integral member of the team. You will be working with patients, their whanau and staff in a community setting to carry out tasks under the delegation of Allied Health staff.
The work involves tasks such as:
- Supervising patients to go through their exercise/therapy programme as prescribed by a qualified physiotherapist.
- Helping patients to regain their independence with activities of daily living following medical illness/surgery.
- Cleaning, issuing, restocking/ordering of equipment such as walking aids and exercise equipment.
- Perform administrative tasks to support the running of the service.
Orientation and on the job training will be provided.
Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service
The Physiotherapy service has approximately 90 staff including Physiotherapists, assistants and administrators that work across the large geographical area that is Te Whatu Ora, Waikato. We have staff based at Waikato Hospital, our secondary hospital in Thames and our 3 rural hospitals in Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumaranui and across our many community bases in areas such as Morrinsville, Matamata, Cambridge, and Ngaruawahia.
Our vision is to provide quality physiotherapy care to promote, encourage and enable health, wellbeing and independence for the patients and Whanau in the communities we serve. Our mission is to ensure that patients receive excellence of care, that our staff are supported and trained to work and maintain levels of evidence based practice and that our service is equitable, efficient and effective in order to meet the needs of our patients and their Whanau. We pride ourselves on being a friendly, supportive team who are keen to grow and develop our staff.
About you
Required skills & experience you will need to be considered for this role:
- A positive and flexible attitude
- The ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Very good written communication and interpersonal skills
- Basic/advanced computer and administration skills
- Have the ability to prioritise work tasks
- Full NZ drivers licence
- Previous experience working in healthcare is desirable
Working for Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
- We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
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How to Apply
To apply for the role please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 24 November 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Elisa Travailleur at elisa.travailleur@tewhatuora.govt.nz