Senior Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapist, Respiratory

Full time, permanent position

Remunerations as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

Are you an experienced physiotherapist looking to take the next step in your clinical career or wanting to move to a different clinical area, region or country? We are seeking a motivated Senior Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapist to join our interdisciplinary team. Clinical responsibilities will include supporting youth and adults with respiratory issues or people living with other conditions impacting on their respiratory health. This is a key role where your clinical expertise will contribute to delivering safe, effective, patient-centric and outcomes-focused care for patients and their whaanau.

As a senior clinician, you will provide specialist assessment, treatment, and consultation within respiratory care, working collaboratively with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals. You will utilise well-developed clinical reasoning to manage complex presentations and support seamless care across the continuum.

You will be supported by an experienced team of physiotherapists, physicians, nursing staff. This role provides an excellent opportunity to expand your clinical skills, develop audit and research skills. Post-graduate study is actively promoted.

In addition to maintaining a clinical caseload, you will play a leadership role in developing capability within the team. This includes providing supervision, mentoring, and education to clinicians and students, contributing to quality improvement initiatives, and supporting service development. You will model best and evidence-based practice and play an active part in creating a strong learning, research, and improvement culture.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and improving health equity for Maaori, Pasifika, and all communities we serve. You will bring cultural competence, a whaanau-centred approach, and a passion for equitable healthcare outcomes.

Essential:

• Registration with the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand and a current Annual Practising Certificate
• Minimum 5 years postgraduate physiotherapy experience
• Minimum of 12 months respiratory or relevant acute/secondary care settings
• Demonstrated experience managing complex clinical presentations
• Experience in clinical teaching, supervision, or mentoring of students or junior staff
• Excellent written, verbal and digital communication skills
• Full drivers licence

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 08 December 2025. To review the position description, please click here.

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We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind Manaakitanga, Together Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.