Occupational Therapist Experienced

**Vacancy No***:
**HAW07056**

**_
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini._**
- Success is not the work of one, but the work of many._

**Permanent, Full-time**

**80 hours per fortnight (1.0 FTE)**
- Passion for promoting independence within a fast-paced acute environment?
- Thrive on driving positive change?
- Ready to step up to the next stage of your career?

You too can experience Hawke’s Bay’s great outdoors and many attractions - quench your thirst at our iconic Hawke’s Bay wineries, tap rooms and cellar doors. Satisfy your hunger at a Hawke’s Bay restaurant, café, farmers’ market, or artisan producer. Cycle the extensive network of limestone tracks or walk through the famous redwoods within the Te Mata Peak Park. If water is more your thing, there are plentiful beautiful beaches within a short drive to enjoy fishing, surfing or just relaxing with friends.

Come and be part of our skilled and friendly therapy team in our acute inpatient team. Working in partnership with whaiora, whānau, and the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will provide high quality, person-centred inpatient care. Problem solving and bringing creative solutions to complex discharge planning will keep you actively learning and engaged within the acute medical team. You will support and guide rotational Occupational Therapists and students and be actively involved in ongoing quality improvement initiatives within the acute medical and inpatient Allied Health team.

There could be the opportunity to develop or continue to grow your skills within the acute paediatric setting alongside a supportive MDT, if this an area of interest.

You will be part of a diverse and supportive wider team of acute and subacute Occupational Therapists. We value continued professional development, mentoring, supervision and on-going training. You will have access to regular in-service training, special interest working groups and learning opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills. We also have an Occupational Therapy Professional Lead to support your growth and promote the Occupational Therapy service throughout our hospital.

We are looking for an Experienced Occupational Therapist:

- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, or equivalent.
- New Zealand Registered Occupational Therapist with current annual practising certificate (APC).
- Minimum of 3 years clinical experience.

Salary Range for this position is - $68,371 - $85,992 in accordance with Public, Allied and Technical Health Employee’s Multi Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) Step 3 - Step 8 according to qualifications and relevant experience pro-rated for hours worked.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Te Matau a Māui, Hawke’s Bay in general encourages a workforce that is innovative, eager to learn and enhance their skills and is passionate about caring for our community. As part of our team we will support, encourage and help you to develop your career with us.

We are committed to delivering and living our Te Whatu Ora values of **He kauanuanu** - Respect, **Ākina** - Improvement, **Rāranga te tira**- Teamwork and **Tauwhiro** - Care. You should be someone who has similar personal values.

We are proud of our team’s diversity. We know the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce helps us achieve the best outcomes for our patients and the communities in which we operate and serve.

**Te Whatu Ora -** **Health New Zealand, Te Matau a Maui, Hawke’s Bay requires its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated means having two vaccinations and one booster.**

**Closing Date**: 13/Jun/23