Physiotherapist

Job Title: Physiotherapist

Location: Wellington

Closing Date: 31 October 2024

Job overview

  • Support class staff to manage students' needs: observing students in class, designing a programme that may support the student overcome barriers identified.

  • Meet with the family to discuss their aspirations for their child and explore ways they can support them to achieve these.

  • Observe student in various situations as part of their day and identify and resolve barriers.
    Work with agencies supporting the family out of school to align strategies where possible.
    Improve large motor skills: balance, co-ordination, strength, and stability.

  • Improve normal development skills: walking, using steps and stairs, getting on and off a chair or the floor, running, hopping and ball skills.

  • Manage tight muscles and joints through stretching or referring for splinting or positioning equipment.

  • Adapt certain sports related tasks to enable the student to better participate.

  • Organise, review, maintain, and repair equipment to aid independent mobility e.g. walking frames, wheelchairs, standing frames seating equipment. Liaise with maintenance technicians where necessary.

  • Assess and refer for specialist footwear or orthotic inserts or hand therapy services as indicated.

  • Assisting each student to reach their physical potential.

Organisation information

The client is a state, specialist, co-educational school for students aged between five and twenty one years who have intellectual, physical, emotional and/or behavioural needs preventing them from learning satisfactorily when in full time regular mainstream classrooms. The school is a Decile Five school in a mixed socio-economic area situated within a multicultural community. Students require and receive an integrated programme of education and therapy from a multi-disciplinary team. The teaching focus is to provide an individualised learning programme with high staff to pupil ratios to ensure students' needs are met and behaviours are managed appropriately. The students are drawn from a wide catchment area from Te Horo to Wellington and Hutt Valley, through referral from numerous community and government agencies.

Applicant Requirements

  • Must be a fully qualified Physiotherapist.

  • Must have a clean driver's licence and access to vehicle.

Registration Requirements

Be a member of the Physiotherapist Board of New Zealand or be eligible to be a member.
If you would like to discuss the role further and apply, please email borey@nzskillsindemand.co.nz

Lydia Walker