Occupational Therapist Graduate Programme

1 week ago

Hastings, New Zealand Habit Health Full time

Closing Date: 21/10/2025

**Job Type**: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Hawkes Bay/Gisborne - Hastings - Heretaunga Street West

Job Category: Graduate Programme,Health, Medical & Pharmaceutical

**Habit Health is a nationwide healthcare provider, specialising in the rehabilitation space. We enable people to live their best lives and empower our teams to realise their full potential.**

Habit Health is deeply committed to being a top graduate employer, bringing in some of the very best new talent in allied healthcare and growing it with some of the best development and career progression plans in the industry.

Each year, our Graduate Programme supports new graduates in getting ahead, launching them into allied health careers at a competitive and progressive pace.
What will this look like in 2026? As always, we will have guided mentorship plans, clear roadmaps with focused goals and a dependable, thorough network of support from MDTs throughout the Habit Health network. Because of our scale, our locations across the country and our competitive compensation packages, the opportunities for you are endless Think internal mobility and development pathways across our locations all over New Zealand.

We are currently looking for a new graduate Occupational Therapist to join us at our Hastings branch. We have a great MDT structure and look forward to welcoming you

**The many benefits of our Graduate Programme**:

- Work alongside multidisciplinary teams who will support your goals and provide valuable feedback - think constant training and guidance
- Market competitive salary that invests in you
- Monthly bonus scheme aimed at rewarding all you do
- We have incorporated Heidi AI into all our clinical workstreams so that clinicians like you can focus on the work you love and less of the paper work
- Annual budget set aside for professional development / study
- Laptop and phone provided
- Company pool vehicles or fuel allowance for client visits
- Permanent full-time role with a clear roadmap for growth and career progression
- Great team culture with regular social events, weekly treats and award schemes
- Well-being initiatives: annual eye exam, flu vaccination, access to EAP services

**Your role in the Programme**:

- Learn from a diverse portfolio of work and gain keen insight on all our contracts - really build your foundations and choose where you want to grow
- Assess clients to determine treatment plans / recommendations
- Collaborate with all therapy staff and administration teams
- Be part of formally structured supervision meetings with additional on-the-go mentorship
- Continuous development opportunities and hands-on training

**Next steps**:
We can’t wait to hear from you and kickstart your career

Your clinical career lies right ahead of you

**Habit Health is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity hiring and providing a safe space to people of all cultures, languages, experiences and backgrounds

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