Physiotherapist (Pelvic Health)

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

Location: Wellington / Kenepuru / Kapiti

Service:    CAHOA - Allied Health Outpatient Team 

Contract:  Fixed Term covering parental leave, 32 hours per week / 0.8 FTE 

Salary:  Step 5-8 as per PSA MECA

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

We are excited to offer the opportunity for an experienced pelvic health physiotherapist to join our Outpatient Allied Health Outpatients Team at Capital and Coast on a fixed term contract.  We work across Wellington Regional Hospital, Kenepuru Community Hospital and Kapiti Health centre. This role is one of three pelvic health physiotherapists who work collegially across the 3 sites. This role will manage their own clinical caseload including class/group sessions and potentially assisting in supervision of students and junior physiotherapists. The physiotherapist in this role will assess and treat people with pelvic health issues including acute and chronic presentations. We are open to considering applications from people who wish to work less than 0.8FTE (32 hours per week). 

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

The Allied Health Outpatient Team is an outpatient focused team of skilled, motivated and dynamic therapists who are passionate about improving function, quality of life and outcomes for their patients.  Working across all three CCDHB sites, the team provide clinical care in individual patient appointments, group sessions and MDT clinics.  The team includes physiotherapists working in pelvic health, haemophilia, lymphoedema and respiratory  as well as podiatrists, dietitians and social workers working across several areas. This role will additionally work alongside other experienced physiotherapists such as musculoskeletal clinicians, hand therapists and rotational positions. 

Moū - About you

You will be at least 4-5 years post graduate, with ideally at least 1 years - experience in pelvic health physiotherapy. You will be a New Zealand registered Physiotherapist with a current Annual Practising certificate. You will have experience in pelvic health outpatient work, and will have completed at least one post graduate internal examination course. You will be passionate about pelvic health and be comfortable running both group and one to one sessions. You will be comfortable working autonomously, though with support from your pelvic health colleagues in Wellington and with the wider outpatient therapies team in general. You will have a current drivers license.

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 recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed