Core Clinician Orthopaedic Physiotherapist, Acute Allied Health

Full Time, Permanent

Remunerations as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines 

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.

The opportunity:

We are looking for an enthusiastic NZ registered physiotherapist to join our experienced orthopaedic team. The team is based over two sites: Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Surgery Centre. This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your clinical skills whilst developing skills in leadership/management.

Your clinical caseload will be varied ranging from working on the acute orthopaedic wards with pre/post-operative elective surgery and acute trauma including Spinal cord injuries to working in the Emergency Department, (which is one of the busiest ED’s in NZ). Counties district is the Northern Regional Spinal Cord Injury Centre which includes a 4 bedded SCI Unit on the acute orthopaedic ward. 

If successful, you will be required to contribute to the supervision, training and development of rotational staff, physiotherapy students and rehabilitation assistants. The role also includes weekend and on-call duties.

Support is offered by the Section Head of orthopaedics, Allied Health Physiotherapy Professional Leader and other experienced physiotherapists (5) within the team. Our team, department and multidisciplinary team have well established in-service programmes which help promote continuous and collaborative learning.

Essential:

• NZ Registration with a current Annual Practicing Certificate
• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience
• Minimum of 8 months orthopaedic experience including basic acute respiratory experience
• Full drivers’ licence

Desirable experience:

• Experience working with Acute Spinal Cord Injury patients
• Experience working in the emergency department 
• Supervision of rotational staff and students
• Experience of audit and research

Benefits:

• Annual practicing certificate is refunded
• Support with Immigration/Visa
• Discounted services as part of our work perks

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.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal. To review the position description, please click here. 

For more information, please contact Amy Lin on amy.lin@middlemore.co.nz.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

Job Number: CMH202515699

Closing Date: 12 September 2025

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.