Advanced Clinician Occupational Therapist, Acute Allied Health Permanent, Full Time Remuneration as per Pay Equity Settlement Agreement Te Whatu Ora - Counties Manukau District provides health and disability services to over 500,000 people in our local community. We are focused on achieving better health outcomes for our growing patient population, with particular emphasis on Maaori and Pacific peoples and other communities with health disparities.
We are looking for an Advanced Clinician Occupational Therapist with more than 6 years recent experience to join our very large team of Occupational Therapists. You will be able to work in a stimulating full time role within the acute service and may work in any of our specialist medical, surgical or orthopaedic services, however this role will be primarily based in the medical wards.
The successful applicant will have evidence of previous employment as an occupational therapist within medical services. Proven ability to pro-actively manage a fast paced and dynamic workload is required.
In this role we are required to address the occupational needs of our clients during their acute hospital admission and assist with preparation for discharge from hospital to home or other rehabilitation or community services. It includes modelling best practice and actively promoting the occupational therapy role with the inter-professional team.
You will: Apply expert knowledge, clinical reasoning and expertise while modelling evidence based practice Provide expert advice consultations to other staff managing patients in the area of specialist practice. Provide supervision and mentoring to staff Demonstrate expert mentoring/coaching and clinical teaching of allied health and other staff, locally, regionally and nationally Lead the revision or establish clinical guidelines, systems design and processes suitable for the given service Facilitate and model inter-professional/transdisciplinary practice by working collaboratively and consultatively with senior clinicians and interdisciplinary teams locally, regionally and nationally Contribute to and raise awareness of new and advancing practice developments relevant to area of specialist practice or professional background including keeping up to date with leading edge expert practice In addition, we require the applicant to have experience and provide supervision to occupational therapists, rehabilitation assistants and occupational therapy students. Other responsibilities include leading and participating in quality and service improvements as required and with consultation.
Registered with the Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand with current APC Minimum of 7 years experience with a minimum of 3 years in medicine Supervisory experience with students and staff Full, New Zealand drivers licence What's in it for you? Annual practicing certificate is refunded for every additional year of service Regular supervision and support to continue to develop your knowledge and skills We offer funding for professional development opportunities This role is primarily Monday to Friday based at Middlemore Hospital and the train stops outside our front door! A generous relocation package which includes a one-way flight, accommodation, car rental & shipping freight (T's & C's apply) Support with Immigration/Visa Please apply online by clicking on the Apply Now button. To review the position description, please click here.
Please contact Amy Lin in the Recruitment Centre on 09 276 0044 ext 58680 or ****** if you need further information.
Job Number: CMH202413009 Applications Close: 25 April 2024 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.
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