Kaiāwhina - Allied Health Assistant

4 weeks ago


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

_Do you have experience working in healthcare?_
- _ Are you passionate about helping people?_
- _ Are you adaptable, a great communicator, and able to work with people from different backgrounds and cultures?_

**_ If so, we want to hear from you_**

**Mō te tūnga - About the Role**

Allied Health are a diverse group of clinicians who provide a wide range of preventative, diagnostic and therapeutic treatments as well as rehabilitation and enablement care across a patient - s whole life course. Some of the teams in this group are dietitians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech language therapists, and social workers.

Allied Health are working on ways to enhance tangata whaiora and whanau (person and family care) service delivery to help with the journey through our health system and are looking at growing their assistant/Kaiāwhina team working with them in their team.

**Ko wai koe | About You**

This role is to provide patient support on specific wards at Christchurch Hospital working alongside a variety of different Allied Health professionals.

This is a full-time position, Monday to Friday 8am-4:30pm
- No graduate qualifications are required although literacy and comprehension at NZQA Level 2 or equivalent is desired. _Training will be provided on the job and you will need to be willing to work towards an appropriate Career force Level 3 qualification once you are settled into our team.

**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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