Occupational Therapist - Rehabilitation Services

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Dunedin

• Salary - $107,000 - $113,000 and Kiwisaver
• 1.0FTE (40 hours per week) FTE negotiable
• Permanent position
• Monday to Friday

Mō te tūranga - 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 and 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 and service development and innovation

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Mōu 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, and 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)

Mō mātou - 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 whānui - 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.

Rā mōnehu - Closing date: Sunday, 14 April 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 ināianei - Apply now

For further information please contact James Boyd, Recruitment Advisor, James.Boyd@southerndhb.govt.nz

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)

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.

To apply

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/