Hand Therapist

4 weeks ago


Hamilton, New Zealand Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Full time

Hand Therapist - registered or associate
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

**About the role**

We are looking for an experienced hand therapist, preferably with experience in providing care to clients with traumatic upper limb conditions.

**About the Team/Service/ Location**

You will be based at the Meade Clinical Centre located on the Waikato Hospital campus, with the potential for visits to our rural hospitals in order to provide clinical input. Our organisation is a tertiary hospital trauma service, and as such has a wide range of complex injuries coming through our doors. We enjoy close proximity and working relationships with the plastics and orthopaedic surgeons and are looking for someone who understands the value of collaborative working.

**About you**
- Registration and current annual practicing certificate (or in the process of obtaining) with either Te Poari Whakaora Ngangahau o Aotearoa or Te Poari Tiaki Tinana o Aotearoa (the Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand or the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand).
- Ideally, the applicant will also be a Registered or Associate Member of Hand Therapy New Zealand.
- An ability to live and lead the Waikato District values of Whakamana (Give and earn respect), Whakarongo (Listen to me; talk to me), Mauri Pai (Fair Play), Whakapakari (Growing the good), Kotahitanga (Stronger Together).
- A commitment to achieving excellent clinical and business outcomes based on quality service delivery and outstanding and empathetic patients care.
- A sound grounding in upper limb anatomy, from finger-tip to cervical spine
- Experience supervising student and junior practitioners, preferred but not essential
- An ability to work autonomously completing comprehensive clinical assessments, as well as use adult teaching principles to engage health consumers.
- A strong team focus, and excellent communication and inter-personal skills.
- A full clean New Zealand drivers license.
- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth

**Working for Health New Zealand**

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

**_ Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion _**

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