Job Description
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Occupational Therapy Clinical Leader – Permanent part-time 0.8FTE
Allied Health Team 2 and Team 3
North Shore Hospital
Te Whatu Ora - Waitematā
Are you a Senior Occupational Therapist looking for the next step? Or are you an Occupational Therapist already in leadership or management and looking to make the move to the Waitematā District? We have a fantastic permanent role for you to consider.
As the Occupational Therapy Clinical Leader you will provide day to day management of staff and resource, ensuring quality service provision, supporting professional and workforce development and involvement in quality work. You will be providing day to day leadership and support to the acute inpatient and rehabilitation teams at North Shore Hospital. You will be working alongside and supporting senior and advanced clinician occupational therapists within each team to support staff and service delivery.
The role requires the 0.8FTE to spread across Monday to Friday to ensure support is available for staff every day.
As part of your role you will provide a minimum of 0.2 FTE of clinical support, which could entail teaching, training, completing audits or providing assessment and treatment to patients.
You will join a fantastic and supportive team of clinical leaders across allied health. You will work closely with the Team Managers and the Professional Clinical Leader to resource, develop and manage your team.
We are looking for someone who is a strong role model, who demonstrates excellent leadership and who is passionate about quality patient care and improving patient pathways and models of care throughout the patient journey.
Our preferred candidate will have over 5 years’ experience in a clinical occupational therapy role and at least 2 years’ experience in a senior clinical leadership role.
You must be able to demonstrate the following key attributes:
- Strong clinical leadership
- Strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills
- Good organisational and self-management skills with the ability to effectively manage competing demands and priorities
- Thrives on change for greater outcomes
- Demonstrated ability in problem solving, priority setting and planning
- Ability to be flexible and work across sites
At Te Whatu Ora Waitematā we have the largest population of any health district in the country and are one of the fastest growing! So if you have a desire to be in a fast-moving, developing environment and enjoy working with a great team please apply now!
Benefits
We recognise the importance of the work that our senior staff do for our teams and our community. As a Clinical Leader, you will receive;
· Support and development to reach your personal and professional goals
· Support and mentoring to build your leadership skills
Other work perks include;
- Access to free Waitematā Northshore 24/7 Staff Gym and free EAP Assistance Programme
- Discounts at some great companies via our Waitematā Work Perks network
- Reimbursement of APC and contribution towards Professional Association fees
- Access to support for professional development
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Salary range: $122,570-127,720 depending on experience.
For specific details about this opportunity, please contact Nicola Hartley, Allied Health Team Manager (Team 2) on Nicola.Hartley@waitematadhb.govt.nz or Julia Gundy, Allied Health Team Manager (Team 3) on Julia.Gundy@waitematadhb.govt.nz
For any recruitment related queries, please contact Bairavi Thavarasa, Recruitment Consultant via email
Job Number : WDHB19313
Closing Date : 6th January 2025