Senior Physiotherapist

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora Waitematā invites a Senior Physiotherapist to join our senior team across critical care, acute medical, surgical and ICU/HDU services at Waitematā.

This full‑time role provides leadership, mentoring and clinical governance, while delivering comprehensive assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and discharge planning within a patient‑centred model alongside an interdisciplinary team and regional educators.

Qualifications

• Current registration with the Physiotherapy Board of NZ and APC eligibility.
• 5+ years inpatient experience, ICU/critical care preferred.
• Experience with tracheostomies and mechanical ventilation.
• Credentialed in weekend and on-call service provision.
• Previous leadership/senior experience.
• Experience supervising students.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and foster clinical development within the team.
• Provide comprehensive assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and discharge planning.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team and clinical leaders.

Skills

Inpatient experience

Critical care/ICU

Leadership experience

Staff supervision

Educational mentoring

Education

Registered Physiotherapist NZ

Annual Practising Certificate

Job description

Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora Waitematá

Advance your physiotherapy career in an engaging, fun, and supportive learning environment

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

We are seeking a dynamic, highly skilled and experienced Physiotherapist to join our Senior team working across the critical care continuum in our acute medical, surgical and ICU/HDU services at Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora Waitematá.

This is a full-time role, complementing our strong team of established senior clinicians providing guidance and mentoring for rotational staff while providing quality assessments and interventions for complex and critically unwell patients across the inpatient wards. It provides an opportunity to collaborate with clinical leaders, other senior clinicians, Advanced Clinicians, Regional Critical Care Educators and clinical coaches. You will share your leadership skills by leading, mentoring and fostering clinical and service development within our team.

As part of an inter-disciplinary team you will provide comprehensive assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and discharge planning through a patient-centred approach.

About you

As a Senior Physiotherapist you should have:

• Current Professional Registration and be eligible for an Annual Practicing Certificate with the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand
• 5+ years of relevant inpatient experience, preferably recent experience within critical care/ICU.
• Previous experience in the management of patients with tracheostomies and on mechanical ventilation.
• Credentialed in weekend and on-call service provision
• Previous leadership/senior experience
• Experience with student supervision
• Strong role modelling, teaching, advanced communication, leadership and coaching skills to work alongside other staff to support and develop their clinical reasoning.
• Experience in service development and quality improvement projects.
• Support and development of your personal and professional objectives
• Education to be able to provide staff with professional development
• Learning opportunities to foster service development and leading quality care
• Training to provide professional supervision to staff
• Weekly in-service training
• Networking with clinical leaders, seniors and staff grades across the organisation
• Regular individual professional supervision for support and mentoring
• Opportunities to be involved in teaching and training for non-Allied Health staff
• Opportunities to implement and develop new patient care models and service development

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.

Job details

Job Reference:

Job Reference: WDHB21999

Location:

North Island - Auckland - North Shore/West Auckland

Job type:

Job type: Permanent Full time

Expertise:

Clinical - Allied Health - Physiotherapist