Allied Health Practitioner

Location: Kenepuru Community Hospital

Contract: Permanent, Part Time & Full Time positions available as below

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

Allied Health Practitioners– Join Our Expanding Inpatient Rehabilitation Service.

Are you a dedicated Allied Health Practitioner or assistant with a passion for transforming lives through physical health rehabilitation? Come aboard our dynamic inpatient rehabilitation service, where we embrace whānau-centred care and work as a tight-knit, multidisciplinary team alongside our nursing and medical kaimahi.

This is a unique opportunity to join our service at a pivotal moment. With new leadership, an expanding bed capacity, additional roles across nursing, allied health and medical; and a refreshed model of care, we’re building a future where our rehabilitation services set the standard for excellence. This is the chance to work in a service that’s growing and evolving, offering you a platform to shape the future of rehabilitation care.

We have multiple Rehabilitation Allied Health roles available, including an Advanced Allied Health Practitioner and an Allied Health Educator. We welcome applications for these designated roles alongside the clinical roles advertised and are open to discussing different ways of framing these opportunities up with you.

Our roles include:

Advanced Allied Health Professional Rehabilitation 0.5 FTE / 20 hours per week
Allied Health Educator Rehabilitation 0.5 FTE / 20 hours per week
Social Work 0.5 FTE / 20 hours per week
Dietitian 0.5 FTE / 20 hours per week
Speech and Language Therapist 1.0 FTE / 40 hours per week
Occupational Therapist 0.9 FTE / 36 hours per week
Physiotherapist 0.6 FTE / 24 hours per week
Psychologist 0.6 FTE / 24 hours per week

About the Team/Service/Location

Kenepuru hospital is a sub-acute setting that provides specialist Health of Older Persons care, surgical services and rehabilitation.

The inpatient rehabilitation multi-disciplinary team is a close-knit team of allied health, nursing and medical colleagues, based at Kenepuru Hospital. We are a team that loves to learn and upskill, and we encourage service-improvements that help the patients and the team.

These roles sit within the wider Kenepuru Inpatient Allied Health team which consists of over 35 Allied Health staff from Occupational Therapy, Dietetics, Speech Language Therapy, Psychology, Activities Coordinator, Physiotherapy, Social Work, and our Allied Health Assistants. They would also work alongside two established designated Rehabilitation roles; an advanced Occupational Therapist and Allied Health Consultant.

We work together closely to provide a service of high standard to patients and their families and whānau. We are a very supportive team; we provide training and learning opportunities, supervision, mentorship, and we celebrate our wins with food. It really is a warm and inviting space to work in.

We continue to grow in our cultural responsiveness as a team and a service, and we welcome anyone who is also on the journey to improve health equity outcomes for Maori and Pacific peoples to join us as we learn and improve together.

About you

Our ideal candidate will have

Experience in and a passion for delivering high-quality, evidence-based clinical care across rehabilitation settings
Strong communication skills with a collaborative approach to working in a team
High levels of motivation and initiative
An understanding of the health needs of our Māori and Pacific communities
An eagerness to reduce inequities and improve clinical care and health outcomes
Current full drivers licence

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by 4 June. Please state on your cover letter which position you are applying for. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Philip.Adamson@tewhatuora.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.