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Rehabilitation Assistant, National Burn Centre

  • Auckland
  • Contract/temp
  • Healthcare
  • Posted 27 days ago

Job Description

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Part Time 0.8FTE, fixed term until November 2025
Remuneration as per PSA Allied MECA guidelines

About us:

Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau District is a dynamic and progressive organisation at the forefront of innovative health delivery. It is this diversity that offers unique opportunities for health professionals on both a personal and professional level. We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

The Opportunity:

Gain valuable real-life experience & insights through the role of Rehabilitation Assistant. The Burns, Plastics and Paediatric team at Middlemore Hospital is looking for an individual to help provide excellent care to our patients.

You will work alongside Occupational therapists and Physiotherapists to help patients achieve their functional potential by:

  • Assisting with personal care
  • Assisting with kitchen programmes
  • Helping patients to mobilise and perform their exercise programmes
  • Ensuring appropriate equipment are ordered and maintained
  • Stock taking & ordering new stock
  • Maintaining order spread sheets

Qualities we are looking for include:

  • Health Care Assistant qualification level 4 (preferred)
  • Experience working with people from a wide range of ages and cultures
  • An understanding of rehabilitation, illness and disability
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Computer skills
  • Able to lift and carry
  • Full, drivers licence

To make an application please apply online at https://careers.countiesmanukau.health.nz/working-here/. To review the position description, please click here. 

If you would like to know more about this position, please contact Kirsten van Asten, Section Head Burns Plastics and Paediatrics on 021549290 or Kirsten.vanAsten@middlemore.co.nz.

Job Number: CMH202414656
Closing Date: 21 February 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.