Core or Senior Clinician Occupational Therapist, Community Stroke Rehabilitation

Part-time 0.48FTE, Fixed term until end of July 2027

Remuneration 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:

The Community Stroke Rehabilitation (CSR) team at Middlemore Hospital is seeking a core or experienced Occupational therapist with an interest in stroke rehabilitation to join their team! If you thrive on variety, enjoy new challenges, and want to work in a multi-cultural setting as part of an interdisciplinary team, this is the role for you. CSR provides stroke-specific rehabilitation in clients' homes, focusing on community reintegration and promoting self-management. As a member of the CSR service, you will play a key role in the interdisciplinary team, utilising your expertise to conduct occupational assessments and interventions centered on meaningful occupations for adult clients requiring rehabilitation.

You will receive professional support from a section head and senior occupational therapists, along with a collaborative team of physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, social workers, rehabilitation assistants, nurses, dietitians, and doctors. Counties Manukau is committed to the ongoing education and development of all employees, offering regular supervision and in-service opportunities.

Essential:

• NZ Registered Occupational Therapist with a current practising certificate
• Minimum 1-year Occupational Therapy experience in a physical health setting
• Minimum 5 years experience for senior clinician role
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team
• Full, current NZ driver's licence

Desired:

• Experience working in rehabilitation
• Accessable accreditation in equipment

Our commitment to you:

• Regular supervision and in-services
• Encourage use of individual professional development funds
• Refund of your annual practising certificate cost
• Significant contribution towards your OTNZ subscription
• Strong clinical Occupational Therapy leadership

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 01 September 2026. To review the position description for core clinician, please click here or senior clinician, please click here.

For more information on this role, please contact Amy on [email protected].

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.