Clinical Team Leader

2 weeks ago

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

**Kaiārahi - Whakaora Ngangahau**
- ** Permanent full-time opportunity (40 hours per week - Monday to Friday) providing clinical leadership to the General Medicine & Emergency Department team within the acute setting.**:

- ** Relocation Packages and Immigration assistance available**:

- ** Are you looking to further develop your leadership skills through on-the-job training opportunities within an experienced and supportive team?**

Why Christchurch?

With nature and adventure on the doorstep, a revitalised city centre, short commutes, affordable housing, quality education and tons of opportunity for career growth, life in Christchurch offers a work-life balance that is top notch.

Moving to Christchurch means a better work life balance. We boast 2143 hours of annual sunlight, 14 ski areas, 35 wineries, 350km of walking tracks, 700+ gardens and parks, and an average of 19 mins commute time.

**Mō te tūnga | About the role**

Our Christchurch Hospital campus Occupational Therapy Team is looking for an experienced and skilled Occupational Therapist to join us as a Clinical Team Leader We - re a team of over 40 OT professionals who also work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure a holistic approach to patient care on the acute hospital site. We are continually looking at how we deliver occupational therapy in the most relevant way with best practice always central to any change. We have exciting opportunities happening within our service and the team leader roles are crucial to developing this service delivery change.

The Clinical Team Leader is integral to our leadership team, working closely with our other Clinical Team Leaders and the Clinical Manager to lead and improve clinical services in the acute setting. You will hold a clinical caseload (approximately 60% of the role) and set targets and goals for the team. Additionally, this is an opportunity to teach and educate staff and drive research and development initiatives.

This is the perfect role for someone who is looking to refine their clinical skills while taking on a leadership position.

There will also be the need to fulfil a weekend on call requirement (one weekend/month)

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

You will be a strong leader with excellent clinical and management skills who is passionate about being involved in service development. As the Clinical Team Leader you will ensure OTs are using the best practice to deliver occupationally focussed assessment and intervention.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Ensuring the day-to-day provision of a high-quality clinical service, primarily within the General Medicine/ED team at the Christchurch Hospital Campus Working closely with the leadership team and wider multidisciplinary colleagues to identify and implement service improvement initiatives;
- Maintaining a designated clinical case load;
- Supporting and fostering the development of approximately 10-15 direct report Occupational Therapists.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- A sound clinical background in an acute/rehab hospital setting (a minimum of 5 years - experience post-qualification is desirable);
- An understanding of core business needs of acute Occupational Therapy service provision;
- Proven experience in clinical leadership and service development is required.
- Sound working knowledge of local, national and international health systems is strongly desired;
- Proven experience in training and supervision of staff with the ability to foster and support the development of a team both collectively and on an individual basis;
- Registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of NZ and current APC is essential (or eligibility to obtain).

**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

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