Permanent , full time 1FTE 

Remuneration as per the PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines (between step 3 $88,627 - 10 $116,390)

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.

If you are passionate about making a positive change to your community, enjoy the challenge of working in a variety of clinical settings and want to be part of a supportive team, then come and join the Adult Rehabilitation and Health of Older person team at Counties Manukau District.

We have an opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist that is passionate about rehabilitation. The role is part of the experienced rehabilitation rotations, which will provide you with an opportunity to further develop your skills across a wide variety of rehabilitation and neurological settings on a 9-monthly basis. 

These include:

• Acute Stroke Unit
• Inpatient Neuro-rehabilitation
• Ortho-geriatric Rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation of the Older Person (>65years old)
• Auckland Spinal Unit
• Community Stroke Rehabilitation

You will have the opportunity to develop your supervision and preceptor skills by supporting our junior rotational staff, rehab assistants and physiotherapy students. There is scope for involvement in service development projects and quality improvement work.

You will be professionally supported by a section head and other senior and advanced clinician physiotherapists as well as the wider team. We are committed to your continuing professional development through supervision, support and formal/informal training. 

So, if you are looking for a challenging, fun, and friendly place to work offering you a supportive working environment we would like to hear from you. 

Essential

• Registration with the NZ Physiotherapy Board, with a current APC
• Minimum three years clinical experience
• Previous experience working in a rehabilitation team
• Full drivers licence

Preferred

• Post graduate qualification
• Experience supervising less experienced physiotherapists

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 view the job description, please click here. 

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

Job Number: CMH202514874

Applications Close: 22 April 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.