Rehabilitation Physician

Location : Kenepuru Hospital and Hutt Hospital

Service : Older Persons & Rehabilitation Service

Contract : Permanent, Full time 40 hours

Salary : As per ASMS SECA

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau‑centred care, and excellence.

About The Role

Older Adults Rehabilitation & Allied (ORA) services have a permanent, full time opportunity for a rehabilitation physician.

This role will work collegially within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team in providing rehabilitation services based at Kenepuru Hospital along with providing rehabilitation & spasticity management clinics across the Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District.

The position works alongside geriatricians with a strong interest in stroke and neurological conditions, registrars and house officers, allied health clinicians and senior nursing.

About the Team / Service / Location

Kenepuru Hospital rehabilitation ward is a 20 bed unit providing inpatient rehabilitation services for the Capital and Coast District for people over 16 years of age. Patient’s rehabilitation needs include stroke, complex neurological conditions and amputees. There is a strong focus on goal setting and outcome measurement in the service and pathways to community rehabilitation.

You will be part of a wider Geriatric and Rehabilitation service providing specialist care across the Wellington region in community, outpatient and inpatient settings.

Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley district is located centrally in Wellington and has over 6,000 full‑time equivalent staff, making us one of the major employers in the Wellington region. We operate three hospitals – Wellington Regional Hospital in Newtown, Hutt Valley Hospital and Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua – as well as the Kāpiti Health Centre at Paraparaumu.

About You

• Vocationally registered in rehabilitation medicine with the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
• Fellowship of Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (FAFRM) or equivalent qualification or able to register for vocational registration / fellowship with the MCNZ
• Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary team
• Able to provide consistently high standards of medical care
• Relevant experience and training

Working for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa / New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

How To Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers.

If you have any questions about the role, please email

#J-18808-Ljbffr