Clinical Lead – Physio Physiotherapist – Outpatient – Whakatane – New Zealand – AR-191

He Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the Role

We have a permanent, full-time opportunity for a Clinical Lead role covering the Community and Outpatient Physiotherapy team across the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Physiotherapist wanting to develop their leadership capabilities. This is an opportunity to advance your skills in:

Implementing evidence-based practice and service development
Motivating, guiding, and developing staff
Clinical leadership
In this role you will carry a clinical caseload in the outpatient team while providing day to day coordination for a team of approximately six physiotherapists. You will also work collaboratively with the Professional Leader for that discipline. Leadership support and training will be provided as well as regular professional development and collegial support.

He Korero mōu – About You

We are looking for a person with New Zealand Registration and current Annual Practicing Certificate from the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand.

Our preferred candidate will have:

At least five years’ experience
Experience providing adult teaching and knowledge of appropriate educating skills
Organisational, time management and clinical priority-setting skills
A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori
Knowledge of quality improvement principles and processes

Mō Tātou – About Us

Boasting some of the most sunlight hours in New Zealand, Whakatāne offers award winning beaches for both surf and fun. Be still and listen to the native bird chorus in our bush clad walkways, plus swim in the cleanest freshwater lakes around. Come join our team who are already enjoying a uniquely rewarding lifestyle outside of the main cities. Whakatāne is small but mighty, featuring all the things you need whilst remaining within easy travel to Tauranga and Rotorua for that little bit extra.

Service area is spread across a vast geographical area and centered across two hospitals based in Tauranga and Whakatāne. Te Whatu Ora Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty is one of the Bay of Plenty’s largest employers with over 4000 staff.

Ko o tatou painga – Our Benefits

In-House professional development
Competitive remuneration
Flexible working practices (e.g. we support work life balance and flexible work arrangements whenever possible)
Highly rewarding role and opportunity to make a difference!
Be a valued member of a multidisciplinary team
Subsidised onsite hospital gym membership and wellbeing support
Free onsite staff parking
Free flu vaccination
Discounts (with local businesses)
Ngā uarātanga ō ā mātou mahi – Our Values

At Te Whatu Ora Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty we recruit for our Manaakitanga CARE values. Why do we do this? Because values-based teams deliver better care.

Our manaakitanga CARE values (Compassion, All-one-team, Responsive and Excellence) support each of us to make a difference every day in the things we do and say. Therefore, it’s important that when recruiting, we recruit new colleagues who live by our CARE values.

Note: Photograph is of Tauranga that is in the western Bay of Plenty whereas Whakatane is in the eastern Bay of Plenty and only 45 minutes’ drive apart from each other.