Rotational Occupational Therapist – Acute Care & Mentoring

Canterbury District Health Board; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking an Occupational Therapist for a full-time, permanent rotational position based at Christchurch Hospital with a 12-month rotation at Burwood Hospital. You will work across Trauma, Orthopaedics, General Medicine, Neurology and more, gaining exposure to varied clinical environments.

You will be supported with mentoring, supervision and professional development to advance your practice while contributing to patient-centred discharge planning and quality

Qualifications

• Registered with the NZ Occupational Therapy Board and holds current Annual Practising Certificate.
• Experience delivering OT assessments and therapeutic interventions for acute care.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of inter-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive OT assessments and therapeutic interventions to service users.
• Work with diverse patients and whānau within an inter-disciplinary team.
• Contribute to discharge planning and discharge readiness.
• Participate in weekend roster and rotational postings.
• Support quality improvement initiatives within the service.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Problem solving

Autonomous work

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Communication

Clinical reasoning

Time management

Discharge planning

Quality improvement

Lifelong learning

OT registration NZ

Māori knowledge

Job description

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking an Occupational Therapist for a full-time, permanent rotational position based at Christchurch Hospital with a 12-month rotation at Burwood Hospital. You will work across Trauma, Orthopaedics, General Medicine, Neurology and more, gaining exposure to varied clinical environments.

You will be supported with mentoring, supervision and professional development to advance your practice while contributing to patient-centred discharge planning and quality