Team Leader – Kenepuru Inpatient Allied Health

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

Location: Kenepuru Hospital, Porirua

Service: Community, Allied Health and Older Adults Group

Contract:  Permanent, Full time

Salary:  Steps DB3 – DE2 on the PSA collective agreement ($122,570 - $135,960)

Please note that this role is only available for current Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora staff.  Any non-Te Whatu Ora applications will be declined.

Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role

Following a restructure of the allied health and nursing leadership at Kenepuru Hospital, we have an exciting opportunity for a skilled and passionate leader to step into a full time Allied Health team leader role.

Based at Kenepuru Hospital, this role provides day-to-day leadership and management for a busy multidisciplinary team who provides a range of allied health services across health of older persons, rehabilitation and surgical wards.

The focus of the role is to:

• Provide day-to-day, on the ground leadership for the Allied Health team, 
• Ensure services are organised and delivered in a way that makes the best use of the resources we have
• Provide clinical leadership that supports safe and effective patient care 
• Identify, lead and support quality improvement activities that achieve improved health outcomes and an improved experience for individuals, whānau and our wider communities 
• Motivate and inspire others to perform to their best

Mō tō mātou rōpū – About our team

The allied health team based at Kenepuru Hospital is a mix of new graduate to experienced team members from the following professional groups – Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech-language Therapy, Social Work, Dietetics, Psychology and Allied Health Assistants.  All team members pride themselves on their team dynamic and the high quality care they provide to patients and whānau.  The team has a well-developed team charter, and is supportive of and well respected by nursing and medical colleagues as part of the wider multidisciplinary team.

This role is one of 11 Allied Health Team Leader roles within the Capital Coast Hutt Valley Inpatient Allied Health Service.  There is a wealth of collegial support available to you across the district, as well as from Allied Health colleagues working in outpatient and community settings. 

This role also works closely with 2 Allied Health team coordinators, the nursing and medical leadership teams, the professional leaders for each of the allied health professions, and the Allied Professions Leadership Team.

Moū – About you

You will be a qualified allied health clinician with a current APC who has a passion for leadership and clinical excellence.  Ideally you will have direct people leadership experience, or can share with us how you have developed leadership skills through service development, quality improvement or clinical practice.

You will be passionate about the role of allied health and the impact that all our professions can have on improving equity of outcomes for our people.  You will be someone who enjoys thinking creatively and who can support people through change.    You will have a demonstrated commitment to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi to proactively improve health outcomes for Māori.

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 Philip.adamson@tewhatuora.govt.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed