Professional Leader - Occupational Therapy

## Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• District wide - Invercargill or Dunedin
• Permanent, part-time role (0.8 FTE, 32 hours per week)
• Salary $117,420 - $122,570 per annum pro-rata and KiwiSaver
• 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
• In this role, you will be accountable for district-wide, professional leadership of the occupational therapy workforce. You will lead excellence in professional governance, quality practice and professional conduct, contributing to new models of care and workforce planning / development for occupational therapy.
• Professional leaders provide the following for their relevant discipline :
• Strategic thinking to enable innovation and creativity in your profession
• Credentialling of your specific workforce
• Enable intersectoral collaboration and / or clinical partnershipsOur preference is for all professional leads to concurrently hold a clinical role.
• About you
• You will :
• have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• have the ability to network, develop key relationships and partnership
• be innovative, proactive, enthusiastic, and flexible
• have the ability to problem solve
• be able to demonstrable peer credibility and respect
• have a broad understanding of profession specific practice areas
• have the drive for results.
• 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.
• Salary range
• This role belongs to the PSA / DHBs Allied, Public Health and Technical Multi-Employer Collective Agreement and falls between designated B Step 1 (117,420 p.a) and Step 3 ($122,570 p.a pro-rata) of Technical, Designated Allied, Public Health and Technical scale.
• How to apply
• To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by Sunday, 9 November 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact James Boyd 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| Location : | Otago |

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