Community Physiotherapist

New Zealand Government; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a Community Physiotherapist to cover Morrinsville, Matamata and Te Aroha. The role involves home visits, assessing and managing diverse clinical presentations, including mobility, falls, and chronic neurological, MSK and respiratory conditions.

Fixed term until July 2027, full-time across multiple sites in Waikato. The successful applicant will work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, with a passion for improving patient and whānau health

Qualifications

• NZ physiotherapy registration and current annual practising certificate.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively across settings.
• Experience in community physiotherapy is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality physiotherapy services to referred clients with dignity and compassion.
• Communicate effectively with patients, whānau, and health professionals to achieve service objectives.
• Ensure service delivery is maintained and enhanced.
• Deliver education and training for staff, students, clients and whānau.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation.

Skills

Autonomy

Communication skills

Home visits

Clinical reasoning

Education

NZ Physiotherapy Registration

Job description

Community Physiotherapist Where youll be working: Morrinsville, Matamata & Te Aroha The details: Fixed term until July 2027, full time position, 40 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 for a physiotherapist to join our community physiotherapy team covering Morrinsville, Matamata & Te Aroha areas. This role includes visiting patients in their home and assessing, treating and managing a range of varied clinical presentations. This role would suit an experienced physiotherapist with the ability to independently manage a varied clinical caseload with skills in general mobility, balance and falls, and dealing with chronic neurological, MSK and respiratory conditions. The role requires the successful applicant to be adaptable to change, resourceful and flexible to service needs and to have a genuine passion for working with patients and their whānau on their health journey.

About the Service The Physiotherapy service has approximately 90 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 Taumarunui and across our many community bases in areas such as Morrinsville, Matamata, Cambridge, and Ngaruawahia. Our vision is to provide quality physiotherapy care to promote, encourage and enable health, wellbeing and independence for the patients and Whanau in the communities we serve. 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 Whanau. We pride ourselves on being a friendly, supportive team who are keen to grow and develop our staff.

Key responsibilities

• Provide high quality physiotherapy services to referred clients and be responsible for treating patients/service users with respect, dignity, and compassion.
• Demonstrate a professional attitude and commitment to the team, practising within your scope of practice and ensuring effective communication occurs at all levels to achieve service objectives.
• Ensure the physiotherapy service delivery is enhanced and maintained.
• Provide agreed education and training for staff, physiotherapy students, clients and carers/ whānau.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation.

About you

• NZ physiotherapy registration, and a current annual practising certificate.
• Current valid full New Zealand drivers licence.
• The ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of the physiotherapy and wider multi-disciplinary team across a variety of environments.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively liaise with patients, their whanau, and other health care professionals.
• Experience working in a community physiotherapy setting is desirable.

Deadline: 11:59pm on 8 October 2026.

Community Physiotherapist Waikato, North Island, NZ