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Senior Surgical Physiotherapist at Waitemata District Health Board (North & West Auckland), Auckland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Senior Surgical Physiotherapist 0.5 FTE /20 hours a week

Inpatients North Shore Hospital

Looking for a new home and new team? Want to make some lifelong friends and gain valuable experience? Then come to work for us!

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced physiotherapist to jointly lead our highly skilled and dedicated acute surgical team working at North Shore Hospital.

Waitematā is leading the way in digital innovation with electronic patient notes, e-prescribing and e-vitals. You will be working as part of a physiotherapy team providing quality assessment, intervention, rehabilitation and discharge planning through a patient centred approach with strong links with our community and outpatient services. This work includes provision of pre-op education for patients awaiting breast and upper abdominal surgery through our pre-op clinics.

Within this role you will receive Professional and Clinical Leadership development

This will include:

  • Support of your personal objectives
  • Education to be able to provide staff with professional development
  • Learning opportunities to foster service development and leading quality care
  • Training to provide professional supervision to staff
  • Credentialing for weekend work
  • Weekly in-service training
  • Networking with clinical leaders, seniors and staff grades across the organisation
  • Regular personal professional supervision for support and mentoring
  • Opportunities to be involved in teaching and training for non-Allied Health staff across the DHB.
  • Opportunity to implement, participate and develop research models

Key requirements of this role:

  • New Zealand registered physiotherapist
  • 5+ years of relevant and recent inpatient acute surgical experience
  • Effective leadership skills and experience, demonstrate effective teamwork and collaboration with other seniors.
  • Strong role model
  • Advanced interpersonal and written communication skills
  • Excellent acute clinical assessment and treatment skills within the surgical area
  • Great organisational skills, time management and flexibility to be able to work in a constantly changing, fast paced environment

Hours of work will be spread across 3 days starting at 7:30 or 8am. Preferred working days are Mon – Wed.

If this sounds like you then apply online as we would really like to hear from you!

For specific queries regarding the nature of the role please contact Nelmari Swanepoel, Clinical Lead Physiotherapy Acute Inpatient Services at Nelmari.swanepoel@waitematadhb.govt.nz or Lesley Anderson, Surgical senior at Lesley.Anderson@waitematadhb.govt.nz

 For general enquiries or support with your online application, please contact Bairavi Thavarasa on 09 442 7251.

 
Job Number: WDHB14676

Closing Date: 13 July 2022

Ngā taipitopito tūranga mahi | Job details

Employer: Waitemata District Health Board (North & West Auckland)
Location: Auckland
Position type: Permanent Part time
Category: Health
Date listed: 21-Jun-2022
Closing date: 13-Jul-2022
Reference: WDHB14676
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Website: https://www.waitematadhb.govt.nz/

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