Clinical Team Leader Occupational Therapist Oph&r

3 months ago

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

**Permanent full-time opportunity (40 hours per week) providing leadership and support to a committed team primarily within the inpatient Older Persons rehabilitation setting**:

- ** Clinical release time to complete Clinical Team Leader tasks (0.3 FTE per week)**:

- **Join a supportive and experienced team of professionals and continue to develop your leadership skills through on-the-job training opportunities**:

- ** Maintain and refine your clinical skills as you continue to provide first-hand care to our patient group**

**Mō te tūnga | About the Role**

Our Burwood campus Occupational Therapy Team is looking for an experienced and skilled Occupational Therapist to join us as a Clinical Team Leader We - re a large team of over 60 Occupational Therapy professionals who also work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure a holistic approach to patient care.

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 Older Person - s health and Rehabilitation setting. A core component of this position will be contributing to daily operational planning and supporting any service improvement initiatives, as well as holding a clinical caseload within our Older Person - s Health team. The cluster has approximately 12 staff including registered Occupational Therapists and Allied Health Assistants.

This is a permanent full-time opportunity working Monday - Friday approximately 0730 - 1600.

**Ko wai koe | About You**

In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Ensuring the day-to-day provision of a high-quality clinical service, primarily within our older people rehabilitation area with multiple diagnosis and conditions, all of whom require rehabilitation to discharge safely.
- Working closely with the leadership team and wider multidisciplinary colleagues to identity and implement service improvement initiatives;
- Maintaining a designated clinical case load; within Older Person - s inpatient services.
- Supporting and fostering the development of approximately 8-10 direct report Occupational Therapy team members
- Undergoing ongoing experience and education in team leadership

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and Experience**

Your skills will include:

- A sound clinical background in a rehabilitation hospital setting (a minimum of 5 years - experience post-qualification is desirable);
- An understanding of core business needs of Occupational Therapy service provision;
- Previous experience in leading a team and/or project management is desirable;
- 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 - _

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, 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 Health New Zealand**

When you work at Health New Zealand, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your career journey. We offer great professional development and learning opportunities for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have access to amazing kaimahi/staff discounts from select retailers, restaurants and businesses.

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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