Advanced Occupational Therapist

1 week ago

Christchurch, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury Full time

Advanced Practitioner - Occupational Therapist role 1.0 ( 40 hours per week) FTE Permanent - Full time

**Mō te tūnga - About the Role**

Opportunities now exist for an Occupational Therapist and Allied Health Assistant to work within the inpatient - s Neurology service at Burwood Hospital. In these roles you will work with patients to enable optimum safety and function during this phase of their recovery. You - ll work with clients from diverse social and cultural backgrounds and need to bring your holistic skills, enthusiasm and passion to achieve the best outcome for your patients. You will need to demonstrate your excellent communication skills and build rapport with patients and their whanau.

This is a newly developed designated position, designed to enhance Occupational Therapy leadership and service delivery across our inpatient stroke wards.

Predominantly based at Burwood hospital, this role will support the area team leader to ensure excellent standards of care and outcomes for our community whilst supporting new initiatives with attention to stroke pathway standards, clinical practice standards and operational key performance indicators. Burwood Hospital offers the opportunity to be part of both the ward team and the wider Occupational Therapy Department and take the opportunities to access professional development through, in-service training and clinical supervision.

**Ko wai koe **| About You**

As part of this role, you will be required to work one weekend day every six weeks to be discussed at interview stage.

**Mō mātou | About Us**
- Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi_ - _Putting people at the heart of all we do - _

Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, leads the day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. It weaves the functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.

Here in Waitaha, Canterbury we deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations.

**Ngā** **hua | Benefits of working at Te Whatu Ora [Health New Zealand]**

When you work at the Te Whatu Ora, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and business.

We have a range of clinical and non-clinical roles at Health New Zealand, there could be a place for you

Please visit our careers website for other roles and find your ideal fit within Health New Zealand.

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