Practice Supervisor - Greenlane, New Zealand - Auckland District Health Board

Auckland District Health Board

Verified Company

Greenlane, New Zealand

1 week ago

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Jack Simmons

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Description

Nau mai, haere mai ki Starship Community

Here is an exciting opportunity for an experienced paediatric Physiotherapist, who is passionate about working with children and their families and is looking for a challenging and rewarding clinical leadership role within the friendly and professional Starship Community team.

12month Fixed Term position (parental leave cover)
Whānau centred practice

Communitybased service

Greenlane Clinical Centre

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced; motivated and energetic Physiotherapist, experienced with working with children and their families, to join the Starship Community service as
Practice Supervisor for our Physiotherapy team, which also encompasses our Neurodevelopmental Therapy service delivery.

This role is a community-based, direct client contact role, which interacts with Starship Community Child Development Service and a broader multidisciplinary clinical leadership group.

The role aligns with the Rautaki strategy of Starship Child Health to deliver the obligation to protect the whakapapa of children and their families, supporting in a mokopuna-centric, whānau focused and whānau-led approach.

Service delivery is guided by the Enabling Good Lives (EGL) principles.

As the Practice Supervisor, you will provide direct clinical care and clinical leadership to the Physiotherapy/Neurodevelopmental therapy team working across child development within our community team. You will exercise a strong sense of team and leadership. You will support the development of our physiotherapists to support their personal and professional growth.

The primary purpose of the role is to:

Provide whānau-centred, culturally sensitive, community-based, safe, effective and comprehensive assessment and outcome-focused innovative clinical care.
Demonstrate proven clinical competence within the scope of practice recognised by their regulating authority and/or professional body.
Deliver seniorlevel of clinical practice and leadership of physiotherapy practice within the service.
Includes a management component of physiotherapy referral and caseload management.
Work collaboratively with the Physiotherapy Professional Leader.

For further details, please refer to the
Position Description here.

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills

To succeed in this role, you will have:

A current New Zealand Physiotherapy Annual Practising Certificate
A clean and full New Zealand driving license
A minimum of 5 years postgraduate clinical physiotherapy experience, including a minimum of 2 years within paediatric practice.
Demonstrated seniorlevel of clinical expertise and with translating evidence into practice
Proven supervision, mentoring, coaching and leadership skills with the ability to motivate and develop others
Experienced in providing adult teaching and knowledge of appropriate educating skills and able to facilitate team working
Organisational, time management, clinical priority setting and delegation skills
An understanding of clinical governance and evidencebased practice
Computer literacy: Microsoft Word and Outlook

If you have a commitment to delivering and improving community-based models of care with quality outcomes and objectives - this may be the role for you.

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand.

Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children's Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand's national health service.

Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care.

We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand.

We aspire to have a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieve equitable outcomes for all.

Starship Community provides interdisciplinary care and cultural support to children; young people, their families and whānau living within the Auckland DHB area. As part of the Starship Child Health directorate, our nursing; allied health and technical staff are responsible for delivering healthcare services to children; young people, and whānau in their home; school and community settings.

Getting to know our communities, working closely with them, and removing inequities and barriers to health care for priority populations, are key drivers for us each day.

**He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you wi