Allied Health Assistant

8 hours ago

Hutt Valley, New Zealand Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Full time

**Location**: Hutt Hospital
**Contract**: Permanent, Full Time

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we - re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

**About the Role**

The Allied Health Assistant role is a busy and interesting one, as you will be undertaking a wide range of activities at the request of our Allied Health and Nursing staff. Day to day, you - ll be installing and teaching people how to use equipment and coaching people in activities designed to help recover strength, cognition and function. An important part of the role will be reporting back to the team regarding progress, as well as noticing if our clients/whānau are struggling and require more support.

**About the Team/Service Location**

The Advancing Wellness at Home Initiative (AWHI) team offers a range of intervention options to people of all ages, (who meet the eligibility criteria), with the objective of optimising quality of life, social and physical function of patients within the community. We know people recover more quickly at home so the main focus of AWHI is to work with people in their own home to help them regain or maintain their independence after a hospital admission. These people may have been medically unwell, sustained a significant injury or had a stroke.

Our team consists of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Speech Language Therapists and other Allied Health Assistants, you would have the opportunity to work with all of these team members. The team is District wide including Hutt Valley and the Capital Coast (CC) area. The primary location of this role is the Hutt Valley but staff may be requested to work from CC sites if required.

**About you**

The Assistants are key members of the team. Our clients need someone kind, efficient, good at communicating and who is able to motivate people from a range of cultures. You - ll need to be able to effectively interpret and deliver on the work requested by our health professionals and be committed to on-going learning, either holding or being prepared to enrol for the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 3) Health Assistance Strand. Experience working for the public health system would be preferred, as would familiarity with equipment management including credentialing with Enable NZ in Service Accreditation as this will support our HCPs to optimise their delegation.

**Working at Health New Zealand**

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is - the weaving of wellness -. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

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