Vocational Rehabilitation Lead
Ready to take the next step in your leadership career?
Habit Health is seeking an experienced Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist to lead and grow our Vocational Rehabilitation Service in Wellington. This is an opportunity to influence service delivery, mentor clinicians, strengthen stakeholder partnerships, and help more people achieve successful return-to-work outcomes across the region.
Main responsibilities:
In this role you will have the opportunity to expand vocational rehabilitation services across the Wellington region, strengthen referral partnerships, and directly influence return-to-work outcomes for clients and employers.
- Lead and champion the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Service across the region, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, client-centred outcomes
- Coordinate and triage new referrals, ensuring clients receive timely and appropriate support from the outset of their rehabilitation journey
- Empower and support a multidisciplinary team of health professionals to deliver exceptional rehabilitation services and achieve positive client outcomes
- Facilitate and lead local multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and best-practice care
- Drive continuous improvement by monitoring service quality, identifying opportunities for enhancement, and implementing effective solutions
- Provide clinical leadership, mentorship, and professional guidance to employees and contractors, supporting their development and success
- Partner closely with the Regional Manager and Team Leads to support team performance, wellbeing, and capability, helping to build a positive and high-performing culture
The benefits of working with us:
- Competitive salary package plus monthly bonus scheme and additional professional development funding
- Provision of AI tools to help you reduce admin and focus on the stuff that really makes a difference
- Great team culture with regular social events, weekly treats, award schemes
- Well-being initiatives: annual eye exam, flu vaccination, access to the full scope of EAP services
The ideal candidate:
You may be an experienced vocational rehabilitation clinician looking for your first formal leadership role, or an established team leader seeking a fresh challenge. We are ideally looking for:
- A minimum of 2 years' clinical experience with a focus on vocational rehab
- Excellent relationship building and leadership skills
- Sound ACC operational, medical and policy knowledge
- Member of professional associations required by ACC contracts
If you think you have the experience and can-do attitude to join a team and organisation that rewards your worth, apply now! For a copy of the position description, visit our careers page (www.habit.health/careers). If you want to get in touch directly, you can email Madison at [email protected] quoting job ID 2512.
We will be screening and interviewing candidates for this role as and when applications come in. This role will close once we find a suitable candidate.
Habit Health is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity hiring and providing a safe space to people of all cultures, languages, experiences and backgrounds
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