Community Physiotherapist – START Job in Waikato District Recruiting by Waikato District Health Board

Job Description

Where you’ll be working: START Service 

The details: Fixed term to cover parental leave until April 2025 working 80 hours per fortnight (1.0 FTE)

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

An opportunity has arisen for a physiotherapist to join the Hamilton based Supported Transfer and Accelerated Rehabilitation Team (START) providing physiotherapy rehabilitation to patients in their own home. START is a collaborative programme which provides intensive rehabilitation for patients within their home environment for up to six weeks.

This role involves providing assessment and provision of physiotherapy and rehabilitation programmes to clients in order to support discharge from hospital or to prevent admission. The role is working alongside other physiotherapists as well as nursing, medical, and allied health staff. The role includes providing education and support to health care assistants who support clients with their rehabilitation programmes. The position is ideal for a physiotherapist who is keen to advance their career with the support and enthusiasm of a close knit team. The role requires the successful applicant to be adaptable to change, resourceful, and flexible to the service needs and to have a genuine passion for working with patients and their whanau on their health journey.

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Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

The Physiotherapy service has approximately 90 staff including Physiotherapists, assistants and administrators that work across the large geographical area that is Waikato region. We have staff based at Waikato Hospital, our secondary hospital in Thames and our three rural hospitals in Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumarunui and across our many community bases in areas such as Morrinsville, Matamata, Cambridge, and Ngaruawahia.

Our vision is to provide quality physiotherapy care to promote, encourage and enable health, wellbeing and independence for the patients and whanau in the communities we serve. Our mission is to ensure that patients receive excellence of care, that our staff are supported and trained to work and maintain levels of evidence based practice and that our service is equitable, efficient and effective in order to meet the needs of our patients and their whanau. We pride ourselves on being a friendly, supportive team who are keen to grow and develop our staff.

Mōu | About you

The role requires the successful applicant to be adaptable to change, resourceful and flexible to service needs and to have a genuine passion for working with patients and their whānau on their health journey.

Required skills & experience you will need to be considered for this role:

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

Te iwi Ngakaunui – People at Heart

It is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.

We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.

Here at Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients – directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.

We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply. We proactively develop pathways that maximise opportunity for Māori and encourage Māori to apply.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please apply directly online, applications are not able to be accepted via email.

For any queries about the role