Physiotherapist - Persistent Pain Service/Outpatients Service at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Southern, Otago

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Physiotherapist – Persistent Pain Service/Outpatients Service

Dunedin Hospital

• Permanent, full-time position (40 hours per week)
• Enjoy subsidised gym, and health insurance/retail discounts
• Limitless potential for career advancement and growth!

About the opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist to join our team in a split role across the Persistent Pain Service and Physiotherapy Outpatients at Dunedin Hospital. This position offers an excellent opportunity for a clinician with experience in musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, rehabilitation, or persistent pain management, or someone with a keen interest in developing advanced skills across these areas.

Within the Persistent Pain Service, you will work collaboratively with an experienced interdisciplinary team to provide collaborative pain assessments, individualised rehabilitation programmes, pain education groups, and exercise sessions. In the Outpatients component of the role, you will manage a varied caseload across a wide range of age groups and conditions, including first presentation ACC injuries and musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, and rehabilitation presentations.

The successful applicant will demonstrate strong clinical reasoning, effective communication skills, and the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary environment. A sound understanding of supporting patients to achieve functional and vocational goals, optimise outcomes, and facilitate effective discharge and self-management is essential.

This role includes participation in weekend and on-call service rosters for Dunedin Hospital acute inpatient services and supervising students as required.

At Dunedin Hospital, we are committed to supporting ongoing professional growth and development. Staff benefit from regular team in-services, senior mentoring, peer review, a comprehensive on-call competency framework, and access to professional development funding for courses and conferences.

Mōu ake | About you

We are seeking a dynamic, motivated, and enthusiastic team-player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You'll be self-driven to enhance service quality in collaboration with others.

The ideal candidate will bring experience in musculoskeletal assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation, along with an interest in the biopsychosocial factors contributing to persistent pain conditions. Experience managing routine and complex rheumatological, orthopaedic conditions and chronic pathologies would be an advantage.

We value clinicians who can work independently while actively engaging with our supportive team, participating in regular peer reviews and professional development activities. Additionally, you'll play a crucial role in teaching and supporting rotational physiotherapist staff, Allied Health Assistants, and students.

You will need to be adaptable and flexible allowing you to work effectively with your clients and within a changing health environment. 

Painga | Benefits

• Beautiful coastlines and a family-friendly community.
• Continuous support for career development.
• Subsidised gym membership and discounted health insurance.
• Access to staff fitness facilities and banking offers
• Access to a range of retail discounts and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

 Mō mātou | About us

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Southern has the largest geographical coverage of all the New Zealand regions, providing services to 350,000 people in diverse communities. We take pride in all the services we provide, and our aim is to improve, promote and protect the health of our region. We believe that our dedicated and passionate staff are a significant driving force behind the achievement of these standards, and we need more like-minded people to help us continue providing for our community.

 Utu whānui |Salary range

This role belongs to the PSA/DHBs Allied, Public Health and Technical Multi-Employer Collective Agreement and falls between Step 2 ($84,927 p.a) and Step 8 ($112,965 p.a.) pro rata of the Degree-Based Allied, Public Health and Technical scale.

Rā mōnehu |Closing Date:

Due to the fast-paced nature of what we do, our vacancy close dates may be subject to change. Don't delay, make sure you apply as soon as possible.

Tono ināianei | Apply now

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/ 

For further information please contact Katie Procter Recruitment Advisor, all conversations will be confidential in nature katie.procter@tewhatuora.govt.nz

Pre-Employment checks

In the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to:

• Occupational Health Assessment
• Police Vetting / Ministry of Justice safety checks
• Serious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)