Perfect Part time Porirua! Occupational Therapy Professional (General & Clinical) Leadership role 18 hrs per week

ORGANISATION INFORMATION
Organisation	Capital & Coast District Health Board
Area, City	Porirua, Wellington
Advert reference	AH099-18
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact person	Phil Adamson
Contact website and/or email	https://capitalhealth.careercentre.net.nz/Job/Occupational-Therapy-Professional-Leader-General-/Kenepuru-Hospital-Porirua/14067
Contact telephone	048062548
VACANCY DETAILS
Permanent/temporary	Permanent
Full/part time	Part time
Closing date for applications	05-08-2018

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Description

An exciting leadership opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced Occupational Therapist in Porirua. Porirua is one of the 4 cities comprising the Wellington region famous for its vibrant creative culture fueled by great food, wine, craft beer, coffee and events, excellent walk/bike trails, parks, museums and stunning landscape. Wellington is a cosmopolitan city with an energetic personality perfect for your next career move!

You will provide specialist advice on specified workforce priorities that will enhance the delivery of effective health services to our population and provide professional leadership for Occupational Therapists across the range of services. Working 18 hours per week this permanent position provides professional leadership for Occupational Therapists and supports high quality & safe client and patient care across Capital & Coast DHB, inclusive of general health inpatient, outpatient and community health services.

You will have exceptional relationship, leadership and communications skills. You will be able to facilitate strong teamwork amongst all groups of clinical staff, support interdisciplinary practice and work collaboratively with other Professional Leaders and Managers and other related positions within Capital Coast DHB.

As the successful applicant you will:

Hold a current Occupational Therapy annual practicing certificate
Have advanced clinical experience and knowledge. Desirable for this experience and knowledge of the health system/services to be across a range of settings including; Hospital and Community.
Have demonstrated success in leading and developing staff
Operated within a complex environment, including meeting the needs of multiple competing demands at the same time
A commitment to contribute research and innovation & contribute at a strategic level
The ability to command the respect of colleagues & support staff
Be action focused
Be prepared to drive and support others with change

The successful candidate will ideally also hold a clinical role alongside this role.

This role falls under the Allied Health Career Framework which supports the growth and development of the Allied Health workforce through the development of advanced clinical and/or leadership roles. For further information, please visit: https://www.ccdhb.org.nz/working-with-us/allied-health-scientific-and-technical-careers/allied-health-career-framework/

Applications will not be accepted via email. All candidates applying for any of our current vacancies must complete an online CCDHB application form by clicking here – ‘Apply Now’

Applications close on 5th August 2018. Please ensure your uploaded CV and cover letter is in either Word or PDF format. For further information on this role, please email attention Phil Adamson at [email protected] and please indicate the vacancy number (AH099-18) and job title in the subject line.

Posted on: July 23, 2018

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What do you need from an OT?	Explanation of the service.
Home and Community Environment assessment	Assessment of a person’s ability to access and move around their home or community environment and ability to perform everyday tasks in their home. Strategies for independence or safety may be taught. Alterations to the environment or adaptive equipment may be recommended.
Rehabilitation	Enabling a person’s participation in life’s activities and achieving their goals. Rehabilitation of physical or cognitive impairments resulting from brain injury, spinal injury musculoskeletal injury or other medical condition or event.
Technology solutions	Recommendation of equipment and technology that will enable access to and participation in activities. Might include technology for learning, visual impairment or controlling the environment.
Activities of Daily Living – Assessment and Treatment	Assessment of the way everyday tasks are performed. Recommendations about better and safer ways to manage are made. Alterations to the environment or adaptive equipment may be recommended. Recommendations for funders regarding level and type of personal support may be supplied.
Older Person’s Health and wellbeing	Assessment of a person’s ability to manage their everyday activities in their living situation. Recommendations for safe and easy ways to do activities and equipment and home modifications may be provided. May include provision of a treatment plan to support and enable the person to achieve their goals.
Child health, Learning and Development	Assessment and therapy services for children (and their families/whanau) with a variety of diagnoses whose ability to play, learn or perform daily activities is interrupted. Includes assessment and working with clients (usually children) with Autism Spectrum Disorders. May include working with people to develop skills for handwriting and other tasks that required fine motor skills.
Mental health and wellbeing	Assisting participation in chosen activities in people who experience social or emotional distress or mental illness. Supporting wellness, self management, lifestyle changes and recovery. May include support with stress management, life enhancement, family therapy, psychotherapy spirituality and sexuality.
Driver assessment and vehicle modification	Specialised assessment of a person’s fitness to drive and conditions which should be placed on a person’s license. Assessment for modifications required to vehicles to enable driving.
Worker safety, assessment and rehabilitation	Assessment and treatment of the injured worker and advice to insurers regarding the needs of injured workers. Design and support of return to work or work rehabilitation programmes. Can include recommendations for injury prevention. May include ergonomic assessments of workplaces and tasks. May include Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCE’s) to determine a person’s general work tolerances and abilities. May include vocational counselling through determining a person’s background, skills and abilities that can be transferred to alternative employment.
Workplace Health, Safety Design and Training	Evaluation of work environments, their design and practices in order to maximize safety, health and welfare of workers. Can include provision of workplace training for the prevention of injury, including moving and handling training. May include working with designers and architects to optimize healthy human-environment interaction.
Participation at home and community	Enabling a person’s participation in their chosen life activities and/or occupations. Includes people who have an age related disability, physical disability, mental health issue or intellectual disability .
Living well with Long Term Conditions	Enabling participation in everyday activities and roles in the presence of persistent challenges. Supporting self management and effective coping strategies. Includes Pain, fatigue, chronic health issues and disability. May include managing the changing needs caused by a palliative condition such as cancer and treatment so that a person can continue to do the everyday tasks that are important to them.
Managing Vision Impairment	Specialists who assess and treat the functional implications of vision problems. Includes managing symptoms (Glare sensitivity or migraine), teaching strategies for safety and independence with everyday activities, recommendations for modifications to home and work and special equipment, tools or aids.
Hand therapy, Splinting and Scar management	Specialists who assist people who have difficulty using their hands as a result of injury, a disease process or deformity.
Community/Organisational Strengthening and Culture Change.	Working with groups in community or organisational settings or policy development to enable participation for all people. May include review of Aged Residential Care or other residential facility to enable occupation for residents.
Mobility, wheelchairs and seating	Assessment of a person’s needs for specialized wheelchair and cushions, seating, and positioning. May include assessment of needs for mobility scooters.

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Perfect Part time Porirua! Occupational Therapy Professional (General & Clinical) Leadership role 18 hrs per week