Comm - Occupational Therapist - Lotofale at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Auckland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Seeking an Occupational Therapist to join our Lotofale Team
• Provide mental health assessments and offer a high level of clinical treatment as part of a well-established team
• Permanent, full-time (40 hours) per week role, Monday to Friday, based in Greenlane Clinical Centre

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

Talofa Lava, Kia Orana, Malo e Lelei, Faka'alofa Lahi Atu, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka, Taloha Ni.

Lotofale provides cultural and clinical support and expertise to Pacific Island clients and their families who enter Mental Health Services at Te Toka Tumai Auckland. Commitment to our clients ensures healing in a holistic manner while considering family, cultural, spiritual, physical and mental dimensions. In this way we can achieve the best possible standards of cultural-clinical care.

Working within the Lotofale clinical and community support team, you'll provide mental health assessments and offer a high level of clinical treatment to our service users as part of a well-established team. 

For more information, please refer to the position description here.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

You will already be a New Zealand Registered Occupational Therapists with a current Annual Practicing Certificate, and you will have a minimum of one-year mental health experience.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to demonstrate a strong commitment to the team will ensure that we are all able to support each other and share clinical knowledge. An interest in the Pacific culture is viewed as a core requirement for this role and a fluency in a Pacific language would be advantageous but not mandatory.

You are required to have a full NZ Drivers licence as this is a community-based role.

For more information about this role please contact Billie Slater, Clinical Team Leader via BillieS@adhb.govt.nz

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are also an Accredited Employer with Immigration NZ (Please visit Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa for more information if you will be needing a Work Visa).

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role. 

If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Suzanne Morgan - Recruitment Consultant at suzannemor@adhb.govt.nz or 021 461 532 to discuss how we can best support your application.