Rehabilitation Assistant, National Burn Centre

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau; Auckland; On-site; NZD 34,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau is seeking a part-time Health Care Assistant to support the Burns, Plastics and Paediatric team at Middlemore Hospital. You will assist with personal care, kitchen programmes, mobility and exercise activities, and help manage equipment and stock.

A current HCA Level 4 qualification is preferred, with good communication and time management skills at the core. Experience in a therapy assistant role is preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to take directions and good communication skills.
• Health Care Assistant qualification level 4 (preferred).
• Previous experience in a therapy assistant role (preferred).
• Good time management and ability to juggle clinical and non-clinical workloads.
• Computer skills.
• Sewing skills would be a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with personal care
• Assisting with kitchen programmes
• Helping patients to mobilise and perform their exercise programmes
• Ensuring appropriate equipment are ordered and maintained
• Stock taking & ordering new stock
• Maintaining order spread sheets

Skills

Direction-following

Communication skills

Computer skills

Driver's license

Time management

Sewing skills (bonus)

Education

HCA Level 4

Job description

Permanent, Part Time 0.6FTERemuneration: As per the PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and remains committed to delivering equitable, accessible, and culturally responsive healthcare services for all New Zealanders.

The Opportunity

Do you enjoy helping people reach their health goals? The Burns, Plastics and Paediatric team at Middlemore Hospital is looking for an individual to help provide excellent care to our patients. You will work alongside Occupational therapists and Physiotherapists to help patients achieve their functional potential by:

• Assisting with personal care
• Assisting with kitchen programmes
• Helping patients to mobilise and perform their exercise programmes
• Ensuring appropriate equipment are ordered and maintained
• Stock taking & ordering new stock
• Maintaining order spread sheets

Essential

• Ability to take directions and good communication skills
• Health Care Assistant qualification level 4 (preferred)
• Previous experience in a therapy assistant role (preferred)
• Good time management and ability to juggle clinical and non-clinical workloads
• Computer skills
• Sewing skills would be a bonus
• A full NZ drivers licence

Health New ZealandHealth 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.

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind Manaakitanga, Together Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.