Occupational Therapist Kaiwhakaora Ngangahau

Join the team ENABLING BETTER LIVES across New Zealand With 350 employees APM holds contracts across ACC, MSD, NZDF as well as private employers to provide a range of services including Vocational and Community Rehabilitation, Pain and Injury Management, Workplace Health, Allied Health Intervention and Employment Services.

What you’ll be doing

Working from our New Plymouth office you will support clients throughout the wider Taranaki region on their return to work and life journey. Utilise your specific skills as you partner with a VARIED caseload of clients to gain independence and reduce the impact of their illness or injury such as traumatic brain injury, concussion, pain management or sensitive claims.

Reporting to a locally based Team Leader and part of a SUPPORTIVE, multidisciplinary team, you will deliver assessments and rehabilitation to a range of clients through:
Quality services tailored to individual needs across clinic, workplace and community settings

Assessment, advice and goal setting

Liaising with case managers, internal panels, and other team members

Regular monitoring of client progress and report writing

What you’ll need to succeed

Tertiary qualification in BHSc Occupational Therapy

Current registration with Occupational Therapy Board of NZ

Post graduate experience

Full NZ/AU Driver's Licence

New Zealand working rights

**What we offer in return**:
Flexible working options

Company vehicle (dependent on contracted hours)

Additional performance bonus scheme

Generous, ongoing Professional Development opportunities

Reimbursement of Professional membership and Annual Practicing Certificate

Discounted healthcare and eyecare

Reward and recognition programme

Annual paid volunteer leave and wellbeing fund

Paid parental leave

Support from national Clinical and Cultural Panels, Focus Groups and Special Interest Groups

Our mission is to create positive change and enable better lives.

Our whakataukī He waka eke noa - We’re all in this together.

Our values underpin our work - integrity, customer focus, respect, empathy, achievement, teamwork and enthusiasm. Our Tikanga Māori values of Manaakitanga, Kotahitangi, Wairuatangai, Whānaungatanga and Rangatiratanga guide us to deliver culturally responsive and mana-enhancing services.

What we’re about

We’re a diverse team of over 9,000 people across 11 countries with a shared purpose - to enable better lives. Our purpose is the common thread that lives in everything we do, and it starts with enabling better lives for our employees and their families too

Our work enables the people we serve to realise their ambitions and aspirations through sustainable employment, independence, better health and wellbeing, and increased social participation.

When you join APM, there’s an opportunity to grow your career in Human Services, across multiple global brands and geographies. You can expect a great work-life balance, extensive learning opportunities, networking programs and employee benefits. But most of all you can expect to make a lasting impact on the lives of others, who rely on our services.

At APM, we celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion for our team members, customers, and communities worldwide. We love that we are all different and value unique opinions, ideas, beliefs, perspectives and interests here at APM.

We believe no one should be disadvantaged by the differences that exist between us. No matter your gender, race, marital status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability or social status, country of birth, age or religious belief, you are valued and respected for who you are, what you know and how you work.

APM is a place where you can bring your authentic self to work and be empowered to do your best work.