Core Clinician Orthopaedic Physiotherapist, Acute Allied Health

Core Clinician Orthopaedic Physiotherapist, Acute Allied Health

Full Time, Permanent. Step 3-10

Remunerations as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

The opportunity:

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated physiotherapist to join our experienced Orthopaedic Physiotherapy team. This is an exciting opportunity to develop advanced skills in acute orthopaedics, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, and emergency department physiotherapy within one of New Zealand's largest and busiest health services.

There are opportunities to participate in quality improvement initiatives, service development projects, teaching, research, and clinical supervision, supporting both professional, career development, leadership and management skills.

Your clinical caseload will be varied and rewarding, including acute orthopaedic trauma, elective orthopaedic surgery, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, and emergency department physiotherapy. Counties Manukau is the Northern Regional Spinal Cord Injury Centre and provides specialist acute SCI services, including a dedicated four-bed SCI Unit.

If successful, you will be required to contribute to the supervision, training and development of rotational staff, physiotherapy students and rehabilitation assistants. The role also includes weekend and on-call duties.

You will be supported by the Orthopaedic Physiotherapy Section Head, the Allied Health Physiotherapy Professional Leader, and a team of experienced senior physiotherapists, within a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.

We are seeking someone who:

• is a great team player
• will be able to work in a culturally diverse environment
• will work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
• has great communication, organisational and supervisory skills

Essential:

• NZ Registration with a current Annual Practicing Certificate
• Minimum of 3 years clinical experience
• Minimum of 8 months orthopaedic experience including basic acute respiratory experience
• Full drivers licence
• Supervision of rotational staff and students

Desirable experience:

• Experience working with Acute Spinal Cord Injury patients
• Experience working in the emergency department
• Experience of audit and research

Benefits :

• Annual Practising Certificate Reimbursement
• Professional development and continuing education opportunities
• Structured supervision and mentoring
• Support with immigration and visa requirements
• Access to employee discounts and wellbeing programmes
• Opportunity to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 31 August 2026. To review the job description, please click here.

For more information on this role, please contact Amy on amy.lin@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.

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

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga, Kind Manaakitanga, Together Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.