Experienced OT

• Permanent Experienced Occupational Therapist role within Starship Children’s Hospital, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Join our friendly supportive team who are driven by providing a high-quality clinical service across New Zealand

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

Starship Child Health is looking for an Experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Occupational Therapy team. This role will be supporting the development of a specialist service and providing high quality clinical care within the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, New Zealand’s only designated PICU. Your passion for paediatrics and experience applying advanced clinical knowledge is welcomed in providing premium healthcare services to our tamariki and youth. This is a permanent, full-time role and forms part of the wider paediatric therapy team. The role designation is dependent on experience.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain a clinical caseload applying advanced clinical knowledge and skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patients’/clients’ health needs
• Work with children and whanau within various clinical areas, delivering occupationally focused assessment and intervention
• Apply advanced clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning and expertise while modelling evidence- based practice
• Facilitate effective discharge planning and/or referral processes to health care providers’/support agencies to meet identified health needs
• Remain focused in the pursuit of Māori health gain as well as achieving equitable health outcomes for Māori
• Demonstrate culturally safe practice that encompasses a diverse range of beliefs, values and practices
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team, working closely together to ensure best outcomes for our patient care needs
• Thrive within a vibrant, innovative and diverse setting amongst a supportive interdisciplinary team of Dietetics, Hospital Play Specialists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Therapists and Social Workers

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Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

As the ideal person for this role, you will have the following skills and attributes:

• NZ registration as an Occupational Therapist with current Annual Practicing Certificate
• 6+ years of post-graduate clinical work experience including 4 years full-time experience within the area of specialty
• Relevant clinical post-graduate certificate/diploma (Advantageous)
• Proven experience working in clinical leadership (desirable)
• Sound clinical reasoning skills and use of evidence-informed practice
• Proven skills in working with critically unwell children with complex cardiorespiratory and neurological conditions including ventilated and long-term ventilated children
• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of professional groups in a multidisciplinary setting
• Effective time management, prioritisation and organisation skills
• Drive, energy and initiative with excellent interpersonal skills

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here

Auckland District Health Board (Auckland DHB) is one of the leading healthcare providers in New Zealand offering a wide range of tertiary and quaternary clinical services to a large and diverse population. We have state of the art facilities and provide our services from three hospitals – Auckland City Hospital, Starship Children’s Health and Greenlane Clinical Centre.

• Meaningful support and orientation to your practice contexts with robust opportunities for critical reflection on practice, including peer review and professional supervision
• On the job training with continuous improvement and development opportunities including a well-established in-service training programme
• A great team environment and supportive work culture

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Immigration/Visa Support

Immigration NZ has introduced a new Accredited Employer Work Visa system from 4 July 2022 that includes a simplified residency process for health workers on the new “Green List” of occupations – and this position is one of those designated critical positions! For successful candidates offered a position with us who require a Work Visa, we will provide support with their Visa application. Here are the links to two key pages of NZ Immigration's official site for more information: Immigration NZ Accredited Employer Work Visa and Immigration NZ Green List Occupations

The remuneration for this position is covered by a collective agreement (PSA Allied, Public Health and Technical MECA 2018-2020)

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Advertising closes: Monday, 30 September 2024 at Time 11:59 pm (New Zealand standard time).

To apply please click on the ‘Apply’ tab below and submit your application online attaching your updated CV and Covering Letter.

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If you have any queries about accessibility, or technical issues with the online process, please contact Vaidehi Sharma - Recruitment Consultant at Vaidehis@adhb.govt.nz quoting ref #ADHB20426 to discuss how we can best support your application.

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