Occupational Therapist

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

**Location**: Wellington Regional Hospital

**Service**: Older Adults, rehabilitation and Allied Health (ORA) - Wellington Hospital Inpatient Service

**Contract**: Permanent - Part Time / Full Time positions available
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
We are excited to offer the opportunity for grow our acute inpatient occupational therapy team. We have recently received an additional 4.0 FTE we are in a position to develop depth and quality in our service, and better meet the increasing complexity of patients requiring intervention and responding promptly.
We are looking for therapists who are great communicators, active team members and takes pride in delivering best practice to all our patients and enjoys working in an acute health care setting. You will be part of a wider team of occupational therapists including rotational staff. This role will give you an opportunity to progress both your clinical and non-clinical skills, giving you the chance to advance your practice and support the growing development of the occupational therapy team as a valued and respected part of the multidisciplinary team within the Wellington Hospital.
Our occupational therapy service provides assessment, treatment and discharge planning to our patients in various clinical specialities across the hospital providing ongoing variety and challenge. Specialties include Emergency Department, Medical assessment and planning unit (MAPU), Acute Medical Wards, Health of the Older Person, Orthopaedics, Surgical, Neuro, ICU, Cardiothoracic, Surgical, Oncology, and Paediatric hospital. We have a weekend cover roster (approx. once every 8 weeks for 4 hours).
You would collaborate with patients and the multidisciplinary team providing specialist occupational therapy interventions. We value being patient-centred and occupation focused, passionate and enthusiastic clinicians with an interest in service development who have an interest in advancing their expertise and clinical knowledge in acute care.
You will be well supported by a friendly, supportive and enthusiastic team. We offer on-going professional development and formal supervision. If you are passionate about delivering excellent clinical practice, influencing and supporting other occupational therapists then we - d love to hear from you.
Moū - About you
We are looking for clinicians with an interest in service development who have an interest in advancing their expertise and clinical knowledge. Contributing to acute healthcare you will formulate and deliver individualised inter-professional intervention, using appropriate clinical assessment, reasoning skills and evidence informed practice.
- Five or more years - experience
- Have registration as an Occupational Therapist with the with Occupational Therapy Board NZ with a current annual practicing certificate
- Commitment to mentoring and support rotational Occupational Therapists as required.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team
The Wellington Occupational Therapy Team work largely in the inpatient setting at Wellington Regional Hospital. The team is currently made up of 13 occupational therapists, with 5 team members in the rotational group and will grow to a team of 17. We work in the acute setting, assessing and treating patients to contribute to successful discharges and acute hospital flow. We are part of a wider Te Whatu Ora team that has occupational therapists working across multiple sites including Kenepuru, Hutt Hospital, community, outpatients and rehabilitation settings with opportunity to network across the district.
We have a friendly, dynamic and enthusiastic team with a team approach. This occupational therapy team work cohesively to collectively respond to capacity demands. We promote an open and respectful culture with shared mentorship and clinical discussion. Our team lives the values held by Capital, Coast and Hutt District and collectively strive to embrace manaakitanga, kotahitanga and rangatiratanga.
We work alongside a diverse health team including a strong allied health workforce and share an office space with speech language therapists, physiotherapists, dieticians and social workers. We are supported by a team of Allied Health Assistants who work hard to support the allied health team.
E pā ana ki a tatou - About us
Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

**To find out more about us click on the following links**:
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Coast DHB
Hutt
Valley DHB
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Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service
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