ART/ARTHA Physiotherapist and/or Occupational therapist at Taranaki District Health Board (New Plymouth/Hawera), Taranaki

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

ART/ARTHA Physiotherapist and/or Occupational therapist 

Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth

Fixed term, up to full time

• Are you are looking for stimulating, interdisciplinary work within a future focused model of patient care?
• We are currently seeking suitably qualified allied health professionals to join our Allied Response Team (ART) / Allied Response Team Home Assessment (ARTHA)

New Plymouth was named the most liveable city, for a population between 75,000-150,000, by the International Awards for Liveable Communities

Why Taranaki?

Taranaki boasts some of New Zealand’s most iconic natural landscapes like Mt Taranaki and many adventure activities. The rugged and wild coastline is home to more than 12 world-class surf breaks. Taranaki is a place where you can ski and surf in the same day.  For a more relaxing experience, there are many walks (bush, coastal or mountain) as well as   art trails, festivals and award-winning museums and galleries and a thriving café culture.  Click here to read more information about Taranaki.

The Taranaki District Health Board is a large organisation (2,400 staff) operating in the exciting, changing Health sector to a population of 116,600 people. To hear more about our culture view the video on our careers page.

About the Role

The ART/ARTHA team operates within the Community Services Group and works as an essential member of the TDHB’s Emergency Department (ED), and across the in-patient teams. The purpose of the ART/ARTHA service is to work alongside clinical staff to provide a holistic rapid response to a patient’s care and support needs. By providing physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social work assessments and services ART/ARTHA support medical teams to put in place rapid and short-term package of services that supports patient’s when they are discharged from hospital care.

ART/ARTHA is a unique and diverse team that works interdisciplinary. The team works in mainly in ED and in patient’s homes, but also across medical, orthopaedic and surgical wards. ART/ARTHA provide patient centred care, by the right discipline, at the right time and in the most appropriate location. We believe that the right support at the right time facilitates and support patient’s recovery in their own home

ART/ARTHA is a 7 day a week rostered service, operating between 7am to 5:30pm. We support and welcome flexible working.

About You

We want to hear from people who:

• Have a proactive and progressive mind set
• Are committed to high quality, culturally appropriate patient centred care
• Can think out of the box and problem solve
• Know what it means to work in partnership with clinician, patients and whanau
   

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For further information, please contact Elmien Feldtmann on Email: Elmien.Feldtmann@tdhb.org.nz

Closing date for applications is 1 June 2022.