Needs Assessor - Casual

This is a casual position to cover for staff leave within a rural Allied Health team.

We are looking for applicants with a range of generalist and specialist skills, and a genuine passion for working alongside clients in the inpatient and community settings, to provide needs assessment for older people with disability support needs.

This casual position will require you to be adaptable to change, resourceful, and flexible to meet service needs.

You must be a registered Allied Health professional or registered nurse, with a current practising certificate. You must also be a fully qualified Needs Assessor and fully conversant with InterRAI.

Additionally, you will bring the following :

• A working knowledge of how health and disability issues impact on an older person’s ability to remain independent.
• Demonstrate commitment, respect, and an attitude of valuing older people.
• Ability to work with older people and their whanau in a community and / or health setting to achieve the best outcomes for them.
• Excellent interviewing, assessment, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate with other health professionals, clients, and family members / whanau.
• Understanding and knowledge of current support services and systems.
• Ability to plan own workload so that priority tasks are carried out on time with a minimum of supervision.
• Able to maintain a current New Zealand driver’s licence.

If this sounds like you, we welcome your application.

Clutha Health First is an integrated health centre incorporating GP, inpatient ward, maternity ward with birthing unit, outpatient specialist services, and a wide variety of community-based and allied health services. We have onsite laboratory and radiology service for the convenience of our patients and staff.

You will be joining a small Allied Health team, working in a busy and supportive multi-disciplinary environment.

If you choose to commute, Balclutha is an easy one-hour drive from Dunedin. Being centrally located, there is free car parking and it’s just a very brief walk to cafés, shops, and local services for your convenience.

Clutha Health First is a friendly environment where people love coming to work.

CHF pays the equivalent of Health New Zealand rates and the salary for this role falls between Step 1 ($36.95 per hour) and Step 7 ($51.58 per hour) of the Needs Assessor’s scale.

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