Core Occupational Therapist, Sub-acute Community Health Services

Full Time, Permanent 

Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines 

• Flexible working
• Commitment to your professional development
• Highly supportive team environment
• Opportunity for weekend work

The Opportunity:

Get the best of both worlds – utilise your acute clinical skill sets in a rehabilitative community setting. With this role you will be part of developing and implementing an innovative new service model catered to provide a smoother transition for clients from hospital to home. As a core Occupational Therapist, you’ll be collaborating with other passionate clinicians to provide an interdisciplinary approach to patient care; enhancing health outcomes for clients and whaanau enabling them to reach their full potential. This team works across the five community bases delivering acute care to patients under hospital in the home, reablement and transitional care, with strong links with inpatient hospital services.

In this role you will:

• Apply knowledge, skills and clinical reasoning when providing community intervention
• Provide interdisciplinary practice based on a reablement philosophy
• Work with the allied health clinical leadership team to continuously evaluate the service to improve client outcomes
• Work with the wider Community Health Services and acute allied health teams to provide smooth transitions of care for patients 

This is an excellent career development opportunity for a core occupational therapist wanting to work in a dynamic team focused on enabling patients to reach their maximum potential in their own homes through a restorative approach.

Essential:

• Registration and current APC with the NZ Occupational Therapy Board
• Minimum 2 years Occupational Therapist clinical experience 
• Full, clean drivers’ licence


What's in it for you?
• Refund of your annual practising certificate cost
• Onsite professional development sessions
• Generous study allowance on top of mandatory training
• Support with Immigration/Visa
• Free parking onsite
• Discounted services as part of our work perks


How to apply:

Please apply online at www.countieshealthjobs.com. To view the job description, please click here. For more information please contact Amy Lin in the Recruitment Centre on 09 2760044 ext. 58680 or via email on amy.lin@middlemore.co.nz. 

Job Number: CMH202514682

Applications Close: 29 January 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.