• Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand
• Permanent, full-time role (1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week)
• Opportunity to join our Physiotherapy Critical Care team as the Advance Clinician in the Department of Critical Care Medicine

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 looking for an experienced New Zealand Registered Advanced Clinician Physiotherapist to join our team working within our Department of Critical Care Medicine (DCCM) at Auckland City Hospital. This is an exciting and unique opportunity as DCCM is one of the leading critical care units in New Zealand, which caters for a wide range of adult tertiary specialist areas including liver and renal transplant, neurosurgery, trauma, and respiratory conditions. This role also provides regular opportunity to work across Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), Otorhinolaryngology (ORL) ward and Coronary Care Unit (CCU) which are also covered by the Physiotherapy Critical Care team.

This role is based at Auckland City Hospital and is a permanent, full-time role (1.0 FTE, 40 hours per week). This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist wanting to advance their career in both clinical leadership and advanced clinical practice.

In this role, you will:

• provide an advanced level of physiotherapy care and expertise in both direct critical care delivery and support to other staff with critically ill patients across the wider hospital context
• apply advanced physiotherapy clinical knowledge and skills relative to assessment and intervention, including early rehabilitation, advice and guidance based on recent evidence within the critical care environment
• lead in quality improvement, staff and service development
• evaluate service requirements and lead clinical research
• work collaboratively within the critical care teams on a day-to-day basis, providing clinical and operational support for a team of five physiotherapists
• motivate, guide, and develop physiotherapy staff with varying levels of experience
• co-ordinate caseload and ensure appropriate rehabilitation is provided across both critical care teams, working collaboratively with the Advanced Clinician Physiotherapist for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care Unit
• contribute to the profession through the local application of contemporary, evidence-based practice and policy in the area of specialty both locally and regionally
• participate in our weekend and on-call physiotherapy service.

Regardless of your experience, you will receive a thorough orientation and be well supported in your role. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of conditions from specialist services.

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About the Team/Service/Location

Our team is made up of passionate and supportive Physiotherapists motivated to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of the communities we serve. Our team consists of 91 FTE, working across both inpatient and outpatient settings.

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About you

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

• New Zealand registration as a Physiotherapist with a current Annual Practicing Certificate
• Total of eight plus years of post-graduate experience including the equivalent of four years experience in a critical care setting
• Relevant post graduate degree
• A flexible, pro-active and can-do approach with experience supporting staff and students
• Excellent clinical reasoning skills and use of evidence informed practice
• Evidence of establishing and developing working relationships within the wider MDT
• Effective time management, prioritisation and organisation skills
• Understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and how to provide culturally safe care

For more information about this role, please contact Erin van Bysterveldt, Clinical Lead Physiotherapy Clinical Support [email protected]

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. If you have any questions about accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Vaidehi Sharma, Recruitment Consultant [email protected] to discuss how we can best support your application.

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

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website.