Practice Supervisor Physiotherapy- Surgical Team

**Join our Physiotherapy team as the Practice Supervisor for our Surgical Team**:

- **Leadership opportunity - leading a team of Physiotherapists**:

- **Supportive, friendly multidisciplinary team with great on-boarding**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

We are looking for an experienced **NZ Registered**Physiotherapist** as our **Practice Supervisor for o**ur Physiotherapy Surgical Team. This role is based at **Auckland City Hospital**and is a **permanent, full-time**role. Our Physiotherapy Surgical Team covers Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Urology, Liver and Renal transplant, Vascular and Pelvic Health. This key role reports directly to the Physiotherapy Clinical Lead and is an ideal opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist wanting to develop their leadership capabilities.

Key aspects of the Practice supervisor role:

- Clinical leadership of a team of Physiotherapist’s.
- Implementing evidence-based practice and service development
- Motivating, guiding and developing staff
- Collaboration with wider Physiotherapy, Allied Health and wider hospital teams in a leadership capacity.

In this role you will carry a clinical caseload while providing day to day coordination and leadership for a team of approximately 13 physiotherapists. You will play an active role in staff and service development.

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

As the ideal person for this role, you will have the following skills and attributes:

- Significant experience working in the hospital setting with a minimum of 7 years clinical experience
- Clinical expertise within acute surgical services
- Experience working in a complex environment and within multi-disciplinary or inter-disciplinary teams
- Leadership and management training with proven supervision, mentoring, coaching and leadership skills
- Experience providing adult teaching and knowledge of appropriate educating skills
- Organisational, time management and clinical priority-setting skills
- A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori
- Knowledge of quality improvement principles and processes

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

**He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here**

Te Toka Tumai Auckland is one of the leading healthcare providers in New Zealand offering a wide range of tertiary and quaternary clinical services to a large and diverse population. We have state of the art facilities and provide our services from three hospitals - Auckland City Hospital, Starship Children’s Health and Greenlane Clinical Centre.

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The remuneration for this position is covered by a collective agreement (PSA Allied, Public Health Scientific Technical MECA)

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**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply**

Advertising closes**: Tuesday 4**th** March at 12pm** (New Zealand standard time).