Rehabilitation Assistant - Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation/ Health of Older Person

Rehabilitation Assistant - Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation/ Health of Older Person Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora – Auckland, North Island 7d ago , from Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Remuneration: As per the PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and remains committed to delivering equitable, accessible, and culturally responsive healthcare services for all New Zealanders. Do you enjoy helping people reach their health goals? We currently have a permanent 0.5 FTE & 0.6FTE vacancy for a Rehab Assistant to join our rehabilitation teams based at Middlemore Hospital. You will be working alongside the Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Dietitians and Speech Language Therapists to help our patients meet their rehabilitation goals. The 0.5 FTE role is on our Health of Older People rehabilitation ward. You will be working with adults and older people recovering following orthopaedic surgeries, illness or accidents. The 0.6 FTE role is on our Specialised Adult Rehabilitation ward. You will be working with adults following stroke, amputation and other neurological conditions. You will work as part of a close team, providing therapy to patients in group and individual settings. To be successful in this role you would need to have experience working with people with disability, have excellent communication skills and have previous experience in a healthcare setting. So, if you enjoy working with people, are a good team player and love a new challenge - then we would like to hear from you. Essential: Experience working with people with a disability Good verbal and written communication skills Full, clean driver's licence Desired: Health Care Assistant (NZQA Level 3) certificate Previous experience in a therapy assistant role Experience of working in a rehabilitation setting Proficiency in standard Microsoft applications 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr