Physiotherapy staff at Te Whatu Ora Waitaha hospitals are an integral part of the clinical team – working with health professionals and patients to help people get active and strong again and to move around freely.
KeepMOVING. Physiotherapists with up to 2 years experience have 4-month rotations across every service area (older person health and acute hospital services) – consolidating their learning. After that they can apply for 6-month rotations which include an even broader range of services.
The range of experience available is huge. For those who want to MOVE towards specialisation, we also have some non-rotational roles.
Keep yourselfMOVING. Physiotherapy is a science based profession, working in solid theory, but there’s a whole lot of art to the science, with a creative delivery. Maybe that is why there are so many artistically and musically talented people in the team. If you are into endurance events (and there is more than one ironman in the team) then Christchurch is a great place to be based.
The team also has an avid surfer (who goes surfing every morning before work), and several skiers (some who enjoy the larger commercial slopes, and others who enjoy the more intimate club slopes).
Not registered/qualified in New Zealand? Check it out: www.physioboard.org.nz or www.physiotherapy.org.nz