Rotational Physiotherapist

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora's Waikato Hospital is seeking a passionate physiotherapist to join our busy acute team. This full-time role offers 80 hours per fortnight across a Monday–Sunday roster with weekend rotations and an on-call service to advance respiratory and acute care skills.

You will assess patients, design treatment plans, support discharge planning, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to improve hospital flow and patient outcomes in one of New Zealand's fastest

Qualifications

• Current NZ physiotherapy registration or in process to obtain APC.
• Evidence-informed assessment and treatment skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with the MDT.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate appropriate delegation to AHA and manage non-clinical tasks.
• Prioritise and manage own clinical caseload efficiently.
• Collaborate with the team and assist in other clinical areas as needed.
• Identify and contribute to quality improvement and service development.
• Supervise junior clinicians and students after orientation.

Skills

NZ physiotherapy registration

APC process

Mentor junior staff

Education

Bachelor of Physiotherapy

NZ APC in progress

Job description

• Full-time 80 hours per fortnight / 1 FTE
• Availability to work between Monday to Sunday as some rotations include weekends as part of the roster

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders.

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 physiotherapy team here at Waikato Hospital.

About the Role

As a successful candidate you will play a key role in assessing patients and designing treatment programmes to manage patient recovery. Additionally, you will be recommending suitable discharge plans to help patients progress along the continuum of care and help to optimise hospital flow.

This position involves all aspects of physiotherapy practice in an academic tertiary hospital setting in one of New Zealands fastest growing regions. We offer a wide range of rotations throughout the entire continuum of care ensuring that your career is provided with a solid foundation of clinical exposure and equipping you with the experience that you need to be able to work anywhere in the world. We offer peer review, supervision, continuing education and professional development, comprehensive online information and an excellent library of resources.

You’ll collaborate closely with your peers to prioritise patient care, delivering focused and impactful therapy sessions that make a real difference to the lives of our patients and make an impact in one of New Zealands largest industries.

This is a full‑time permanent position, 80 hours per fortnight between Monday to Sunday. Some rotations include weekends as part of their roster. We also have an exciting on call service which provides you with the exposure and experience to advance your respiratory and acute care skills.

Key responsibilities

• To demonstrate the ability to delegate appropriately to AHA and manage non‑clinical responsibilities in a timely manner.
• Prioritise, efficiently and effectively manage own clinical caseload.
• To work as part of the team and to assist in other clinical areas as service needs demand. Supporting the wider team at times of high referral volume/vacancy/annual leave.
• To identify and collaborate on quality improvement and service development.
• After appropriate orientation and training to supervise third year observational students and for more experience staff to supervise fourth year physiotherapy students.

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About the 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 health, wellbeing and independence for the patients and whānau 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 whānau.

We pride ourselves on being a friendly, supportive team who are keen to grow and develop our staff.

About you

Required attributes, skills and experience:

• Current NZ physiotherapy registration and APC or new graduates in the process of obtaining their 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.
• Mentor and train junior clinicians and students.
• 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 to effectively liaise with patients, their whānau and other health care professionals.

New graduates are welcome to apply provided they can start in November 2026 as an allied health assistant and then upon obtaining a physiotherapy APC will continue employment as a physiotherapist.

Working for 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: WAI32660

Location:

North Island - Waikato - Hamilton

Job type:

Job type: Permanent Full time

Expertise:

Clinical - Allied Health - Physiotherapist