Senior Physiotherapist

Inpatient Senior Physiotherapist  

Permanent Part Time 0.8 FTE 64hrs / fortnight (Monday to Friday) 

Allied Health Stroke and Rehabilitation team, Waitakere Hospital 

Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora – Waitematā 

Advance your physiotherapy career with this next step in your journey!  

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 and skilled Physiotherapist with a passion for rehabilitation and excellent patient care, with leadership experience or interest, to join our Inpatient Rehabilitation team at Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora Waitematā. 

This is a part-time role in which you will be working alongside an established inter-disciplinary team (IDT), providing inpatient rehabilitation to patients in order to facilitate independence, quality of life and discharge home.

This role is a leadership role, supporting the inpatient rehabilitation physiotherapists in their day to day work. This role works in partnership with other senior physiotherapists as well as with other senior clinicians in the in IDT to ensure service provision is effective, efficient and quality care and outcomes are achieved.

If you are ready to share your rehabilitation expertise, foster learning, build and support interdisciplinary relationships in a patient and whānau-centred model of care then apply now! 

About the Team/Service/ Location 

The inpatient rehabilitation team provides best practice rehabilitation, through a patient centred approach, to adult patients on our Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation, and Integrated Stroke Unit wards. 

The work covers an array of conditions including patients with orthopaedic, neurological, and general medical conditions who require rehabilitation and who often also have complex social and discharge planning needs. You will be providing ongoing assessment and goal focused rehabilitation and will use standardised outcome measures (Functional Independence Measure and interRAI) to demonstrate quality patient outcomes.

We have a lot to offer you: (see link to Position Description for full details) 

• Excellent support from advanced clinicians, clinical leaders and senior clinicians working in rehabilitation 

• Support for development and growth clinically and professionally through personal objectives and career coaching 

• A hardworking, supportive, and fun environment with a great team of experienced clinicians

• In-house career development with regular in-services, training, and education opportunities

• Networking with allied health clinical leaders, senior, staff grade and rotational clinicians across the organisation. 

• Opportunities to contribute to service delivery and quality improvement projects. 

• Regular professional supervision from experienced clinicians

• Work perks 

About you 

• New Zealand Professional Registration and valid APC

• 5+years of recent inpatient and rehabilitation experience 

• Effective and dynamic leadership skills and experience 

• Strong role model 

• Ability to lead, support and mentor/supervise junior staff and students 

• Advanced communication skills, both verbal and written 

• High level clinical assessment skills 

• Excellent time management and a proactive, solution focused approach 

• A full New Zealand driver’s license 

Please click here for position description 

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 by 3 August 2026. If you have any questions, please contact Alex Denning-Kemp, Physiotherapy Clinical Lead at Alex.Denning-Kemp@waitematadhb.govt.nz 

For recruitment specific questions please contact Lissa Crook, Recruitment Consultant: Lissa.Crook@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz 

Job reference: WDHB21216 

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