Dunedin
Salary - $107,000 - $113,000 and KiwiSaver
1.0 FTE (40 hours per week) FTE negotiable
Permanent position
Monday to Friday
Mo te turanga - About the role
Rehabilitation services across Dunedin cover a range of areas both inpatient and community. Each team is a dynamic and evolving interdisciplinary team, and the wider occupational therapy team is a supportive innovative team. We want to start looking at services across the age range and how we can support staff to expand their neurorehabilitation knowledge to plan and provide best-practice rehabilitation to our diverse patients in an inpatient setting or in the patient's home.
We take pride in supporting our staff to grow and we enable ongoing professional development including regular team in-services, staff mentoring, peer review, and access to course and conference funding. We support student education throughout clinical placements.
You'll have the opportunity to develop your knowledge and expertise in rehabilitation with medical, orthopaedic, and neurological conditions including stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI). You will also have the opportunity to support, teach, and upskill students and junior staff. There is also an opportunity to look at service development and innovation.
Mou ake - About you
As an experienced Occupational Therapist, you will have a range of experience that includes working in a rehabilitation setting with patients with stroke, TBI, and other neurological conditions. Experience with orthopaedic conditions is also an advantage. You will demonstrate a strong understanding of optimising patient outcomes and facilitating effective discharge planning, using a patient-centred and evidence-based approach to goal setting and intervention.
In addition, you will have enthusiasm and a willingness to commit to our team and patients. You will be expected to be active in service quality initiatives; therefore, be proactive, innovative, and have a quality-driven leadership approach.
For this permanent role covering the service, you will need to be a New Zealand Registered Occupational Therapist with a current annual practising certificate.
Painga - Benefits:
Beautiful coastlines and a family-friendly community
Subsidised gym membership and discounted health insurance
Access to staff fitness facilities and banking offers
Access to a range of retail discounts and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Mo matou - About us
Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote, and protect the health of our region. We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community.
Utu whanui - Salary range
This role belongs to the PSA/DHBs Allied, Public Health and Technical Multi-Employer Collective Agreement and falls between Step 8 ($107,000 p.a) and Step 10 ($113,000 p.a) pro rata) of the Allied, Public Health and Technical scale.
Ra monehu - Closing date: Friday 29 November 2024
Due to the fast-paced nature of what we do, our vacancy close dates may be subject to change. Don't delay, make sure you apply as soon as possible.
Tono inaianei - Apply now
For further information please contact James Boyd, Recruitment Advisor, ******
Pre-employment checks
In the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to the following:
Occupational health assessment
Police vetting/Ministry of Justice safety checks
Serious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)
To apply
We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/
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