Whakaora Ngangahau - Occupational Therapy Lecturer

Qjumpers; Waikato; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Te Kura Whakaora Ngangahau | The School of Occupational Therapy in Hamilton, NZ, invites an enthusiastic educator to join the team delivering the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy.

You will teach into Applied Professional Practice (Year Two) and other courses, facilitating professional reasoning, cultural safety, and interprofessional collaboration in practical settings. The role includes course development, teaching support, and assessment involvement.

Qualifications

• Must have clinical occupational therapy practice experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of kawa whakaruruhau and Te Tiriti o Waitangi in a NZ context.
• Ability to support diverse learning needs.
• Willingness to undertake tertiary teaching training.
• NZ OT registration with current annual practicing certificate.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop and deliver teaching and learning content for allocated OT courses in collaboration with colleagues.
• Contribute to course and curriculum review to meet learner needs and contemporary OT practice.
• Provide campus-based teaching, learning support and academic guidance to learners, monitoring engagement and progress.
• Contribute to assessment activities including marking, moderation, student results and progress reporting.
• Provide pastoral support to learners regarding content and assessments.
• Collaborate in the wider delivery and development of the OT programme.

Skills

Clinical OT practice

Cultural safety

Communication skills

Te Tiriti o Waitangi knowledge

Education

NZ OT registration with practicing certificate

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

SharePoint/Teams

Job description

Te Kura Whakaora Ngangahau | The School of Occupational Therapy is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced, passionate and motivated educator who will create an outstanding learning experience for ākonga (learners) within the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy.

Based in Kirikiriroa | Hamilton, you will be part of a team to deliver occupational therapy theories and practices to ākonga (learners) studying towards a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy.

There is an opportunity for you to teach into a number of academic courses, specifically:

Applied Professional Practice (Year Two).

This is a dynamic and highly interactive course with plenty of hands-on learning. You will be facilitating the development of knowledge of the occupational therapy process in practical scenarios and through collaboration with ākonga. Throughout the course, you will be facilitating professional reasoning and cultural safety, navigating therapeutic relationships, and building skills for interprofessional practice.

This course explores cultural safety from ākonga perspectives own cultural identity and that of different populations. Bicultural practice and Te Tiriti o Waitangi are embedded in this course. You will be facilitating ākonga to explore their understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and how it is embedded into whakaora ngangahau / occupational therapy practice. This course involves noho marae (an overnight stay on the marae).

The Lecturer role includes

• planning, developing and delivering teaching and learning content for allocated occupational therapy courses, working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure appropriate integration and progression across the programme;
• contributing to the ongoing review and development of courses and curriculum to ensure they meet ākonga learning needs, programme requirements and contemporary occupational therapy practice;
• providing campus-based teaching, learning support and academic guidance to ākonga, including monitoring and supporting engagement and progress;
• contributing to assessment-related activities, including marking, moderation, student results and progress reporting;
• providing appropriate pastoral support to ākonga concerning learning content and assessments
• contributing collaboratively to the wider delivery and development of the occupational therapy programme.

Ko wai koe | About you

Key to your success in this role will be your motivation and desire to be part of the development of future kaiwhakaora ngangahau | occupational therapists to practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.

We are looking for someone who:

• has clinical occupational therapy practice experience
• is effective in their knowledge and practice on how kawa whakaruruhau | cultural safety can be demonstrated as a kaiwhakaora ngangahau | occupational therapist in an Aotearoa New Zealand context.
• is committed to help ākonga learn, with an appreciation of and understanding of diverse learning needs
• will be an effective Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner, by your knowledge of Te Ao Māori, and supporting the values and tikanga of mana whenua throughout your mahi
• possesses excellent communication skills with a natural ability to engage and build relationships especially maintaining mana whenua connections
• has NZ registration as an occupational therapist with a current annual practicing certificate
• holds a postgraduate qualification would be an advantage
• a willingness to undertake training in the tertiary teaching space
• has good computer literacy and ability to use full suite of Microsoft products (particularly Word, Excel and SharePoint/Teams).

Through recognition, empowerment and inclusion, you will give greater acknowledgement to the unmet needs of Māori, Pasifika and disabled people and their whanau.