Occupational Therapist

**Permanent Full-time Occupational therapist: Hand Therapy**

**Mō te tūnga | About the role**

Do you have strong clinical skills in hand therapy and a desire to grow your skills working within the Hand therapy team at the Christchurch Hospital Campus

We have an exciting opportunity to join the supportive Occupational Therapy team at Christchurch Hospital. This is a full time (40 hours/week) permanent role on the Christchurch Hospital Acute Campus site.

You will be supported to develop your skills within these areas and will also work alongside your colleagues and team leaders to develop the services.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Undertaking expert assessments, completing appropriate interventions and providing advice or referring to other services;
- You will work collaboratively as part of the Hand therapy team (Physios and Occupational therapists) within the out-patient setting for most of your role. However you will also support the hand therapy mahi within the in-patient wards
- Working with patients from diverse social and cultural backgrounds and working collaboratively with whanau, the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure the best outcomes;
- Identifying and contributing towards quality improvement initiatives.
- Mentoring and supervision of other colleagues within the wider Occupational Therapy service

It is also expected that you will contribute to the weekend roster.

**Ko wai koe | About You**

You will have relevant hand therapy experience with clinical skills in assessment and intervention centred on occupational performance. You will have a passion and desire to work in hand therapy within a team environment as an occupational therapist, and to be involved in quality improvement work within occupational therapy and across the wider allied health and inter-disciplinary teams.

You can expect to be well supported in your role. You will receive mentoring, supervision and professional development so that you can grow as an occupational therapist and progress in your career.

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- Experience in Hand Therapy (essential)
- Registration with the Occupational Therapy Board NZ and an Annual Practising Certificate (essential)
- Hand Therapy NZ membership (desirable)
- A willingness and commitment to work towards gaining your Hand therapy NZ registration
- Comprehensive clinical assessment and problem solving skills
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively, to develop positive interpersonal relationships, and work flexibly within the inter-disciplinary team, with a team player attitude
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to liaise effectively with health professionals both within the in-patient services and in the community
- Strong clinical reasoning skills and use of evidence informed practice
- Effective time management and organisational skills
- Strong prioritisation skills

**Mō mātou | About Us**
- Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all we do
- Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, leads the day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. It weaves the functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.

Here in Waitaha, Canterbury we deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations.

**Ngā hua | Benefits of working at Te Whatu Ora [Health New Zealand]**

When you work at the Te Whatu Ora, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and business.

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