Occupational Therapy

4 weeks ago

Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora -Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland Full time

An exciting opportunity for career growth - an Occupational Therapy Advanced Clinician role based at Auckland City Hospital:


  • Permanent Full time position, 40 Hours per week:

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity


We are looking an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Allied Health team for a specialist Advanced Clinician role based in Critical Care - Department of Critical Care Medicine (DCCM) and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU).

This key role reports directly to the Clinical Lead - Occupational Therapy.

About the role
This is an excellent opportunity to advance your career in both clinical leadership and advanced clinical practice.

In this role, you will provide an advanced level of Occupational Therapy expertise in both direct Critical care delivery and support to other staff with patients across the wider hospital context.

You will promote high-quality, advanced Occupational Therapy practice, effective patient management, and interdisciplinary models of assessment and intervention within the area of Critical Care.

Coordinating your caseload to ensure appropriate assessment and intervention from an occupational and functional performance perspective is provided across DCCM/CVICU.

You will be instrumental in ensuring appropriate care plans are handed over to the multidisciplinary team and handing over patients when they are transferred to the ward.


The main roles and responsibilities will be:

  • You will provide advanced Occupational Therapy clinical knowledge and skills relative to Critical care assessment and intervention, including early assessment and intervention, advice, and guidance based on best evidence, and you will work collaboratively within the Critical care teams on a day-to-day basis.
  • Managing a clinical caseload providing a comprehensive service across Critical care at Auckland City Hospital (inclusive of DCCM and CVICU), supporting the assessment and treatment of a variety of patients in this setting.
  • Working autonomously to support and prioritize caseload using a transdisciplinary model of care, while adhering to the scopes and limitations of professional practice and developing working relationships to support collaborative practice with the wider MDT.
  • Focus on leading service improvement developing pathways which support the early identification of patients who would benefit from early Allied Health, with focus on improving patient care and best quality outcomes.
  • Alongside a working group and key stakeholders, identify, collect and analyse data to allow the exploration of further required development for Allied Health and patient care within DCCM/CVIVU.
This is a full-time position of 40 hours per week, with a clinical caseload. You would also be required to participate in our weekend and on-call roster.

As the
ideal person for this role, you will have the following skills and attributes:

  • A recognised tertiary Occupational Therapy qualification
  • profession-specific
  • Registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand
  • Current Annual Practising Certificate with no condition on scope of practice
  • A commitment to biculturalism and to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori
  • A total of 6 years of postgraduate relevant experience including the equivalent of four years of fulltime experience within the area of specialty
  • Proven clinical leadership within the area of specialty
  • Relevant clinical postgraduate certificate/diploma (PG Dip) or equivalent
  • Working towards completion of relevant Master's degree
  • Membership in a professional association and/or college
  • Advanced interpersonal and communication skills
As the
ideal person for this role, you will be able to:

  • Demonstrate alignment with Te Toka Tumai values
  • Experience providing adult teaching and knowledge of principles of adult learning
  • Significant experience in practice and policy development
  • Excellent selfmanagement and organizational skills

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand.

Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre, and Starship Children's Hospital, located in central Auckland.


We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organization 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.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care.

We value role modeling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand.

We aspire to have a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieve equitab

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