Home Team Dunedin Hospital

• Permanent 1.0 FTE vacancy available!
• Competitive salary + discounted health insurance + on-site employee gym
• Join our friendly team during an exciting time of development!

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
The Home Team is an interprofessional team designed to support discharge from hospital, or prevent unnecessary hospital admission through rapid allied health and nursing assessment and support at home.
This service works in partnership with clients, key stakeholders and uses frailty as an indicator. The Home team play a critical role in supporting the Medical Assessment unit. This is a fast-paced work environment where patients, admitted from ED or direct from the community are comprehensively assessed to determine if ongoing inpatient care is required or if the patient can be discharged home.

• Fantastic opportunity for an Occupational Therapist who is adaptive to change, resourceful, flexible to service needs and future development and has a genuine passion for working across both inpatient and community settings
• Support the early assessment, intervention, and coordination of services to support improved patient outcomes and patient flow within our hospital.

About you

• Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
• Experience in projects / initiatives which give effect to Te Tiriti principals and frameworks, and the application of Mātauranga Māori and Kaupapa Māori approaches, particularly as they apply in healthcare settings.
• Proven ability to adapt to change and be flexible within the working environment with a desire to create change for the better of our service users.
• Advanced comprehensive clinical assessment and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to direct and delegate to Rehabilitation Assistants.
• Excellent communication skills to liaise with health professionals, both within the in-patient services and in the community setting.
• Recent experience of working with the older adults in acute, rehabilitation or community settings.
• Be a Registered Health Professional with a current APC, ideally 2 years post registration in an appropriate setting and have a full clean NZ Driver’s License.

Working for Health New Zealand
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.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly 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 Step 1 ($77,087 p.a) and Step 8 ($107,600 p.a pro rata) of the Degree-Based Allied, Public Health and Technical scale.

Closing Date: Monday 4 November 2024
Due to the fast-paced nature of what we do, our vacancy close dates may be subject to change. Don’t delay, make sure you apply as soon as possible.

Apply now
For further information please contact our team at Recruitment@southerndhb.govt.nz
All conversations will be confidential in nature.

We only accept online applications. Please apply via our website: https://careers.southernhealth.nz/

Pre-Employment checks
In the interests of protecting our people and our patients, all appointments will be subject to:

• Occupational Health Assessment
• Police Vetting / Ministry of Justice safety checks
• Serious misconduct checks (previous Public Service departments and statutory Crown entities only)