Physiotherapist - Outpatient

Job Description - Physiotherapist - Outpatient (WAI28455) Job NumberWAI28455
Where you'll be working: Waikato Hospital, Hamilton and surrounding community
The details: Permanent full time 80 hours per fortnight
Are you looking for a role where your passion for patient centred care can make a positive difference to patients? Would you relish the challenge to work with a small team, covering a wide variety of chronic respiratory conditions in the community and in an outpatient setting?
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, whanau-centred care, and excellence.
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity An opportunity has arisen for a physiotherapist to join the Hamilton based physiotherapy respiratory outpatient and community service. The community aspect includes delivery of support to patients through the Acute Community COPD Escalation Service (ACCESS). This service is targeted at supporting unwell patients with COPD in their homes in order to reduce hospital admissions. This role also includes the delivery of outpatient respiratory physiotherapy including pulmonary rehab.
This position is ideal for a physiotherapist who is self-motivated, able to work independently at delivering services to patients with chronic respiratory conditions with the support of a small team. The successful applicant should be adaptable to change, resourceful and flexible to service needs, and have a genuine passion for working with patients and their whanau on their health journey.
The Physiotherapy service has approximately 90 staff including Physiotherapists, assistants and administrators that work across the large geographical area that is Te Whatu Ora, Waikato. We have staff based at Waikato Hospital, our secondary hospital in Thames and our 3 rural hospitals in Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumaranui, and across our many community bases in areas such as Morrinsville, Matamata, Cambridge, and Ngaruawahia.
Our vision is to provide quality physiotherapy care to promote, encourage and enable health, wellbeing and independence for the patients and Whanau in the communities we serve. Our mission is to ensure that patients receive excellence of care, that our staff are supported and trained to work and maintain levels of evidence-based practice and that our service is equitable, efficient and effective to meet the needs of our patients and their Whanau. We pride ourselves on being a friendly, supportive team who are keen to grow and develop our staff.
Skills and experience you'll need to be considered for the role: NZ physiotherapy registration, and a current annual practising certificate.Current valid full New Zealand drivers licence.The ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of the physiotherapy and wider multi-disciplinary team across a variety of environments.Excellent communication skills in order to effectively liaise with patients, their whanau, and other health care professionals.Experience providing respiratory physiotherapy in a community or outpatient setting is desirable.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 We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whanau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.Click here to view the position description. How to Apply To apply for the role please click "apply now." All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 27 November 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Elisa Travailleur at ******.

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