Allied Health Assistant

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora - Southern – North Shore, North Island Allied Health Assistants Interim Care Service Permanent (40 hrs/week) and Part-time (20hrs /week) roles available North Shore and West Auckland Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora Waitematā Advance your career in an engaging, fun, and supportive learning environment 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 New Zealanders. About the Role We are seeking two dynamic and enthusiastic healthcare workers who are passionate about helping others and who are committed to making a difference in our community, to join our exciting allied health team, providing rehabilitation to patients in the Health New Zealand Waitematā Interim Care Service (ICS). In this exciting role you will work with a team that includes physiotherapists, occupational therapists, a social worker and a charge nurse manager (CNM) as well as Aged Residential Care (ARC) nursing staff. The allied health assistant is a key member of the allied health team, providing regular rehabilitation to patients in the service, in order to improve their function and independence. The successful applicant will work under the supervision of the IC allied health staff and CNM, and will build relationships with residential care facility staff. Key tasks include assisting patients with prescribed therapy programmes (such as walking practice, strength exercises, balance exercises) practise of daily activities (such as dressing, making a hot drink, and practising transfers) demonstrating how to use equipment to maximise independence and safety assisting with ordering, delivering, setting up and installing equipment as well as other day to day tasks to support the team About the Team/Service/ Location The Interim Care Service is a rehabilitation service. It is primarily for patients with non-acute injuries or conditions, who require short-term admission to an Aged Residential Care facility for a period of recovery and rehabilitation following a hospital admission. Interim care patients commonly have conditions such as fractures (following a fall or trauma), and are thus unable to weight bear through one or more limbs for a period of time making it difficult for them to return to home after their hospital admission. The IC team is primarily based at North Shore Hospital with flexibility to be based at Waitakere Hospital some of the week. The ARC facilities are based in the North and West of the Waitematā district and travelling to and from these facilities, using Waitematā vehicles, is an essential part of the role thus a drivers licence is essential. About you Our preferred candidate will be passionate about helping others have experience working with older adults and be familiar with working in a hospital or residential care setting demonstrate the ability to work well in a team have excellent communication skills, be solution focused and proactive have good computer / IT skills have a New Zealand Drivers Licence (restricted or full) for the full-time role be available to work Monday to Friday (hours of work are 8:00am to 16:30pm) for the part-time role (20 hours per week) ideally be available to work on Mondays and Thursdays, the other day is negotiable (hours of work are between 8:00am to 16:30pm) Pleaseclick herefor position description Working at Health New Zealand Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New New Zealanders. 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. Job reference: WDHB21201 We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert. #J-18808-Ljbffr