Allied Health Assistant

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand; Tokoroa; On-site; NZD 23,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is seeking a part-time Allied Health assistant to join the Tokoroa Hospital team. The role supports Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists in inpatient, outpatient, and community settings, with duties across wards, gym, and patients' homes.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team, assist with exercises, daily living activities, and group sessions, and perform equipment setup and basic administrative tasks using electronic systems.

Qualifications

• Positive and flexible attitude.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Basic/advanced computer and administrative skills.
• Current valid full New Zealand drivers licence.

Responsibilities

• Supervising patients with their exercise/therapy programme as prescribed by the qualified physiotherapist/occupational therapist.
• Helping patients to regain their independence with activities of daily living following medical illness/surgery.
• Assist the qualified staff to run exercise and breakfast groups.
• Cleaning, issuing, restocking/ordering of equipment such as walking aids and exercise equipment.
• Setting up equipment and family/patient education.
• Performing administrative tasks using our electronic systems

Skills

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Administrative skills

Healthcare experience

NZ Driver's licence

Tools

Electronic systems

Job description

• Permanent 0.4 FTE part-time position (32 hours per fortnight)

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Allied Health team based in Tokoroa Hospital. You will primarily be based in Tokoroa, however you may be required to work at other sites across the Waikato district. In this role you will be assisting the physiotherapists and occupational therapists to provide quality care to patients within the inpatient, outpatient and the community settings. You will be required to work with patients in the ward, gym and in the patients home.

Key responsibilities

• Supervising patients with their exercise/therapy programme as prescribed by the qualified physiotherapist/occupational therapist.
• Helping patients to regain their independence with activities of daily living following medical illness/surgery.
• Assist the qualified staff to run exercise and breakfast groups.
• Cleaning, issuing, restocking/ordering of equipment such as walking aids and exercise equipment.
• Setting up equipment and family/patient education.
• Performing administrative tasks using our electronic systems

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About the Team/Service

Allied Health is a department of the Waikato District that provides Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Dietetic, Audiology & Newborn Hearing screening, Social Work, and Psychology services. Staff within these professions are all involved in direct client care and work in a wide range of situations to improve the health and wellbeing of the people they work with. Allied Health staff work in partnership with individuals and their family/ whānau to facilitate relationships and a smooth journey through the healthcare system.

Our mission is to ensure that patients receive excellence of 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 order to meet the needs of our patients and their whānau. We pride ourselves on being a friendly, supportive team who are keen to grow and develop our staff.

About you

• A positive and flexible attitude.
• The ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Basic/advanced computer and administrative skills.
• Demonstrate ability to effectively prioritise workload and manage competing demands.
• Previous experience working in healthcare is desirable.
• Current valid full New Zealand 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.

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

Job details

Job Reference:

Job Reference: TOK00490

Location:

North Island - Waikato - Tokoroa

Job type:

Expertise:

Clinical - Allied Health - Physiotherapist