Senior Clinician Physiotherapist - Orthopaedics, Acute Allied Health
Remunerations as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines (between DA2 – DB3)
We are looking for an enthusiastic registered physiotherapist to join our experienced orthopaedic team at Counties Manukau District. Do you have experience in Acute Orthopaedic Physiotherapy, implementing evidence-based practice, management of patients with higher clinical complexity, service development, supporting & developing staff, providing clinical expertise within the acute orthopaedic service and to other disciplines? The ability to lead and foster a learning culture and contribute to training needs analysis for the team/service is essential.
This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your clinical skills whilst developing skills in leadership/management and research. Your clinical caseload will be varied ranging from working in the Emergency Department, (which is one of the busiest ED’s in NZ), with acute admissions to the emergency department to working on the acute orthopaedic wards with pre/post-operative elective surgery and acute trauma including SCI. Counties Manukau is the Northern Regional Spinal Cord Injury Centre which includes a 4 bedded SCI Unit on the acute orthopaedic ward. The team is based over two sites: Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Surgery Centre. 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 work.
Support is offered through the section head, Allied Health Professional Lead for Physiotherapy and other senior physiotherapists (5) within the team. Our team, department and multi-disciplinary team have well established in-service programmes which help promote continuous and collaborative learning.
We are seeking someone who:
- Is a great team player
- Will be able to work in a culturally diverse environment
- Will work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Has great communication, organisational and supervisory skills
Essential:
- NZ Registration with a current Annual Practicing Certificate
- Minimum of 5 years clinical experience
- Minimum of 8 months acute orthopaedic experience
- Supervision of rotational staff and students
- Full, clean drivers’ licence
Desirable Experience:
- Experience with audit and research
Benefits:
- Annual practicing certificate is refunded
- Support with Immigration/Visa
- Discounted services as part of our work perks
Please apply online by clicking on the “Apply Now” button below.
To review the position description please click here. For more information, please contact Amy Lin on amy.lin@middlemore.co.nz.
Job Number: CMH202414307
Closing Date: 20 January 2025
