Physiotherapist - Rotational

About the Role

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge in a busy hospital setting?

Are you someone who thrives under pressure and brings a can-do attitude to the workplace?

Are you flexible, love to learn and wish to grow?

We are seeking a passionate physiotherapist to complement our strong acute physiotherapy team here at Waikato Hospital.

As a successful candidate you will play a key role in assessing patients and designing treatment programmes to manage patient recovery.

Additionally, you will be recommending suitable discharge plans to help patients progress along the continuum of care and help to optimise hospital flow.

This position involves all aspects of physiotherapy practice in an academic tertiary hospital setting in one of New Zealands fastest growing regions.

We offer a wide range of rotations throughout the entire continuum of care ensuring that your career is provided with a solid foundation of clinical exposure and equipping you with the experience that you need to be able to work anywhere in the world.

We offer peer review, supervision, continuing education and professional development, comprehensive online information and an excellent library of resources.

Come and join our dynamic team where every day brings new challenges in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

You'll collaborate closely with your peers to prioritise patient care, delivering focused and impactful therapy sessions that make a real difference to the lives of our patients and make an impact in one of New Zealands largest industries.

This is a full-time permanent position, 80 hours per fortnight between Monday and Sunday.

Some rotations include weekends as part of their roster.

We also have an exciting on call service which provides you with the exposure and experience to advance your respiratory and acute care skills.

Key responsibilities :

• To demonstrate the ability to delegate appropriately to AHA and manage non-clinical responsibilities in a timely manner
• Prioritise, efficiently and effectively manage own clinical caseload
• To work as part of the team and to assist in other clinical areas as service needs demand.

Supporting the wider team at times of high referral volume / vacancy / A / L

• To identify and collaborate on quality improvement and service development
• After appropriate orientation and training to supervise third year observational students and for more experience staff to supervise fourth year physiotherapy students Click here to view the position description.

About the Team / Service

The Physiotherapy service has approximately 90 staff including Physiotherapists, assistants and administrators that work across the large geographical area that is Te Whatu Ora, Waikato.

We have staff based at Waikato Hospital, our secondary hospital in Thames and our 3 rural hospitals in Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumaranui and across our many community bases in areas such as Morrinsville, Matamata, Cambridge, and Ngaruawahia.

Our vision is to provide quality physiotherapy care to promote, encourage and enable health, wellbeing and independence for the patients and Whanau in the communities we serve.

Our mission is to ensure that patients receive excellence of care, that our staff are supported and trained to work and maintain levels of evidence based practice and that our service is equitable, efficient and effective in order to meet the needs of our patients and their Whanau.

We pride ourselves on being a friendly, supportive team who are keen to grow and develop our staff.

About you

To be successful for this position, you will need to demonstrate the following attributes :

• Current NZ physiotherapy registration and APC or new graduates in the process of obtaining their APC
• A passion for learning, be adaptable to change and be eager to gain clinical experience across a variety of clinical areas
• Evidence informed assessment and treatment skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Mentor and train junior clinicians and students
• You will need the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as part of the physiotherapy and wider multi-disciplinary team across a variety of environments
• You will have excellent communication skills in order to effectively liaise with patients, their Whanau and other health care professionalsApplications from new graduates is welcome.

How to Apply

To apply please click Apply online or apply via our Waikato Careers website by clicking here.

All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11 : 59 pm on 21 November

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Elisa Travailleur at

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.