Allied Health Central Team Manager

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Based in Greymouth
• 0.5FTE (20hrs) (potential to combine with other clinical/leadership FTE)
• Permanent

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

We are seeking either an experienced Allied Health Leader or someone wanting to take their next steps into a leadership role. You will be working in a supportive Allied Health Leadership Team allowing you to grow and develop your operational leadership skills. If you are looking for career development, then this is the role for you.

As an Allied Health Team Manager you will provide day to day leadership, operational management and planning for the Allied Health team in the Central Locality (Greymouth), in order to deliver a sustainable, high-quality service that contributes to the achievement of organisational goals and development of the Rural Generalist Capability Framework. Also works with the Clinical Leaders to focus on workforce development, safe and high-quality care, outcomes focussed practice and integration that support strategic development and organisational priorities.

Options to lead a combination of Allied Health staff from Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy or Dietetics, Speech Language Therapy, Social Work & Music Therapy. We are open to discuss combining this role with a clinical or leadership role to increase overall FTE.

About Us

Te Tai o Poutini West Coast Allied Health Team in Greymouth consists of Allied Health Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Dietitians, Speech Language Therapists, Social Workers, an National Travel Assistance Coordinator, Child Development Serivice Kaiarahi and Music Therapist. The team covers all aspects of in-patients, out-patients and community settings, working within a Rural Generalist model of care.

Smaller teams from professions such as Dietetics, Speech Language Therapy and Music therapy support our community throughout the West Coast (Karamea to Haast) travelling out to these regions for clinics and community visits. Other professional groups work with their colleagues based in the Northern Locality (Westport) and Southern Locality (Hokitika) ensuring equity of services across the West Coast.

About you

You will be an experienced or developing leader with a minimum of five years clinical experience and hold a current New Zealand Registration and Annual Practicing Certificate with an Allied Health professional body. You will have a passion to support, enable and develop our people to ensure we deliver high quality results for our patients in the rural setting. As an Operational Manager, you'll be resilient to change and able to have honest and courageous conversations to drive improvement and equitable outcomes for people, communicates and whānau we care for.

Other desirable attributes include:

• Experience making judgements in complex situations where there is incomplete information or solutions are not obvious.
• Knowledge in financial management and experience managing budgets appropriately.
• Experience in quality /service improvement activities.
• Experience in people leadership or management
• Knowledge of NZ Health & Disability sector standards and the Privacy Act within a health context
• 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
  

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is 'the weaving of wellnesses'. 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.

We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click - apply now. - All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 29th June 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Alex Jay at Alexandra.jay@tewhatuora.govt.nz

To be eligible for this role you must hold the legal right to work and live in New Zealand you do not hold the legal right to live and work in New Zealand your application will be declined.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert therefore we encourage you to apply early.