Acute Medical Physiotherapist

North Island - Waikato Hamilton; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato Hospital seeks a passionate physiotherapist to join the acute team in a busy tertiary hospital setting. You’ll assess patients, design focused treatment programmes, and support discharge planning to aid recovery, with skills in respiratory, geriatric, and early mobility assessments.

We offer a full-time permanent role, opportunities for peer review, supervision, and ongoing professional development within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• NZ physiotherapy registration and APC required.
• Minimum 2 years’ acute respiratory experience preferred.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong communication with patients and whānau.

Responsibilities

• Carry a full caseload of patients on acute wards.
• Provide high quality, safe and effective physiotherapy care.
• Manage time and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced hospital.
• Be open to feedback and use it to drive growth.
• Supervise staff and students as required.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team across environments.

Skills

Acute respiratory care

Geriatric assessments

Early mobility assessments

Autonomous work

Mentoring juniors

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

NZ physiotherapy registration and APC

Job description

• Permanent, full-time, 1.0 FTE / 80 hours per fortnight
• Monday to Friday only

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

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge in a busy hospital setting? Are you someone who thrives under pressure and brings a can-do attitude to the workplace?

Are you flexible, love to learn and wish to grow? We are seeking a passionate physiotherapist to complement our strong acute team here at Waikato Hospital.

As a successful candidate you will play a key role in supporting our team to assess patients, design focused treatment programmes to accelerate patient recovery and be recommending suitable discharge options to help patients progress along their care continuum. You will need to be skilled with respiratory, geriatric and early mobility assessments. This position involves all aspects of physiotherapy practice in an academic tertiary hospital setting in one of New Zealands fastest growing regions. We are offering a full time, permanent position in our acute team. We offer peer review, supervision, continuing education and professional development, comprehensive online information and an excellent library of resources.

Come and join our dynamic team where every day brings new challenges in a fast-paced environment. You'll collaborate closely with your peers to prioritise patient care, deliver focused and impactful therapy sessions that make a real difference to the lives of our patients.

We also have an exciting on call service which provides you with the exposure and experience to advance and maintain your respiratory care skills.

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Key responsibilities of the role:

• Be hardworking, responsible, driven and reliable
• Learning mind set, flexible and adaptable
• Carry a full caseload of patients
• Provide high quality, safe and effective care
• Manage your time and prioritise effectively
• Take on feedback graciously and use it to drive your growth
• Supervising staff and students

About the Team/Service

The Physiotherapy service has approximately ninety staff including Physiotherapists, assistants and administrators that work across the large geographical area that is Te Whatu Ora, Waikato. We have staff based at Waikato Hospital, our secondary hospital in Thames and our 3 rural hospitals in Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumaranui and across our many community bases in areas such as Morrinsville, Matamata, Cambridge, and Ngāruawāhia.

Our vision is to provide quality physiotherapy care to promote, encourage and enable people to lead their lives with dignity, quality and independence. Our mission is to ensure that patients receive excellent care, that our staff are supported and trained to work and maintain levels of evidence-based practice and that our service is equitable, efficient and effective in.

Aboutyou

Skills and experience youll need to be considered for the role:

• At least 2 years of acute respiratory experience preferred
• Current NZ physiotherapy registration and APC
• Passion for learning, be adaptable to change and be eager to gain clinical experience across a variety of clinical areas
• Evidence informed assessment and treatment skills
• You enjoy mentoring and training up junior clinicians and students
• Opportunity to join our weekend and on-call roster
• You will need the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of the physiotherapy and wider multi-disciplinary team across a variety of environments
• You will have excellent communication skills in order to effectively liaise with patients, their whānau and other health care professionals

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.

Job details

Job Reference:

Job Reference: WAI32419

Location:

North Island - Waikato - Hamilton

Job type:

Job type: Permanent Full time

Expertise:

Clinical - Allied Health - Physiotherapist