Aotearoa, New Zealand is currently undertaking new and exciting changes to our healthcare system. You’ll be apart of bringing together our communities and our healthcare providers across all areas.

We have a multicultural population of all ages, and we are in the market to recruit Physiotherapists from all areas of health, sports, and recreation offering you opportunities in a range of environments from fast paced metropolitan centres to community focused healthcare in urban, rural and remote settings.

About the role:

Our Physiotherapists use techniques which help restore movement and function working to help people regain their ability to have a quality life and maintaining movement following an injury, manage pain, ongoing disease management. Whether this is to prevent hospital admissions, or to prevent ongoing deterioration our teams provide support to people of all ages affected by injury, illness or disability.

Roles and responsibilities

Understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) and implementing the principles
Engaging with local communities for better health outcomes
Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
Competent Physiotherapist within area of special interest
Provide safe and clinically effective assessment and intervention
Ability to provide holistic treatment from initial assessment to discharge
Ability to work as part of a healthcare team
Understand the patient journey
Awareness of prevention
Understanding of both hospital and community work
Understanding of ACC
Opportunity for mentorship and sharing of skills.

Required qualifications and experience

To work in Aotearoa, New Zealand you will need to satisfy and gain registration with the New Zealand Physiotherapy Board and be a member of Physiotherapy New Zealand

Annual Practicing Certificate
Ongoing competency and dedicated to long life learning
Full Drivers Licence (rural communities).

Benefits and Salary

Newly qualified and core Physiotherapists can earn between $58,000 - $86,000 per year.

Senior or advanced Physiotherapists can earn $87,000 - $119,000 per year.

Opportunities to network with other Physiotherapists within your specialty arena
Opportunities to work across different settings within rural communities and hospital-based positions.
Opportunities to be involved in some exciting new service developments such as Physiotherapists as first specialist accessors for Pelvic health, Respiratory, Vestibular and Orthopaedic specialty services
Opportunities to lead and participate to service development in Emergency care services and Community/Primary care services
You will be supported in your ongoing development. Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is available to progress your career and opportunities for further education and to be involved in research

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