Physiotherapist / Kaikōmiri at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, Wellington Hospital

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

Location: Wellington Regional Hosptial

Service:   ORA Allied Health

Contract: Permanent, part to full time

Salary:  As per MECA

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Demand for physiotherapy services is growing and we are increasing our capacity to meet the needs of the communities we serve. We - ve secured additional posts and are excited to be in a position to advertise for additional team members. 

One area where demand for physiotherapy services currently outstrips our capacity is within our acute medical wards. These wards care for people presenting with a wide range of health problems and including respiratory services and high dependency. Working in a team of three physiotherapists, we work alongside medical, nursing and allied health clinicians to meet the needs of our patients and their whānau, and together provide timely and high quality assessment and intervention. This role may also include mentoring rotational physiotherapists and students.

Moū - About you

This is an environment for someone that thrives on making a difference every day. The ability to assess and contribute to decision making and discharge planning as part of a team is crucial for this role. To work effectively in this role you must have well rounded clinical skills, be flexible, adaptable and work best in a team environment. You may be completing your rotations and keen to find a supportive working environment, or already have a good grounding in acute care. Whilst this role is full time, for the right candidate we would be open to discussing part time hours. 

We are enjoying growing as an experienced clinician team and developing our non-clinical skills. An appetite for developing and sharing your expertise and talents to build the best service for our patients would be awesome and complement our team - s vision. 

We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the right skills and experience who share our values to apply and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Māori and Pacific Peoples communities and disabled physiotherapists . We - re commited to having a team that reflects our community and work hard to build cultural diversity and inclusivity as foundations to our team. 

In your cover letter please tell us about yourself, why this role appeals to you and what attracts you to work in Wellington.

Mō tōmātou rōpū - About our team

The Wellington Physiotherapy Team work largely in the inpatient setting at Wellington Regional Hospital. Our friendly, dynamic and enthusiastic team includes kairuruku coordinators, expert, advanced, experienced and rotational physiotherapists. Our team lives the values held by Capital, Coast and Hutt District and collectively strive to embrace manaakitanga, kotahitanga and rangatiratanga.  We work hard to build a strong team approach whilst also enjoying our work-life balance. 

Three key focusses underpinning our our team ethos this year are:

• Supporting Care Capacity and Demand initiatives so we have the capacity in our team to reflect the growing demand on our service
• Identifying and acting on opportunities to improve patient outcomes
• Building cultrual intellignce in our team. Focusing on whakawhanaungatanga, we work hard to identify opportunities to embed tikanga in our day to day team traditions and practice

E pā ana ki a tatou - About us

Here at Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast

Hutt Valley

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed