Senior Physiotherapist
Habit Health
Habit Health is one of New Zealand's largest integrated health providers, supporting people on their physical and mental health journeys.
We're looking for a Senior Physiotherapist in Concussion & Rehabilitation to join our specialist rehabilitation service.
In this role, you'll use your clinical expertise to support people recovering from concussion and mild traumatic brain injury, helping them achieve the best possible outcomes and return to work, study, sport, and everyday life.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist who is passionate about concussion rehabilitation and enjoys working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Alongside managing a varied clinical caseload, you'll provide clinical support and mentoring to colleagues, contribute to service development, and help drive excellence in client care.
Main Responsibilities
Deliver high quality, evidence-based physiotherapy services for clients recovering from concussion and mild traumatic brain injury
Manage a complex clinical caseload, developing personalised rehabilitation programmes that support clients to achieve their goals
Work collaboratively with occupational therapists, psychologists, rehabilitation support staff, GPs, specialists, and other health professionals to deliver coordinated care
Provide clinical mentoring and support to physiotherapy colleagues and contribute to a culture of continuous learning
Promote best practice in concussion assessment, rehabilitation, and return-to-work planning
Build strong relationships with clients, whānau, referrers, funders, and community stakeholders
Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and the ongoing success of our concussion rehabilitation programme
The Successful Candidate Will Have
Current registration with the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand and a current Annual Practising Certificate
At least five years' clinical physiotherapy experience, ideally including concussion, neurological, musculoskeletal, or community rehabilitation
A passion for concussion rehabilitation and helping clients achieve meaningful recovery outcomes
Experience working within multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams
Strong clinical reasoning, communication, and relationship building skills
Confidence mentoring colleagues and sharing clinical knowledge
A commitment to person centred, goal focused, evidence based care
A full driver's licence, as travel across the region is required
What's in it for you
Professional development support, including an annual professional development budget and paid study days
Volunteer leave to support a charity or cause that matters to you
Generous referral bonus scheme for successful candidate referrals
Monthly high-performance rewards
Wellbeing initiatives, including annual eye exams, discounts on glasses, annual flu vaccination, and access to Employee Assistance Programme services
Corporate discounts across a wide range of services and products
Enhanced AI tools to support efficiency and boost your performance
Provision of enhanced AI tools aimed at boosting your performance
Habit is proud to have introduced Heidi Notes for all its clinicians to ensure they have access to the best possible tools to help them excel.
Heidi is an AI medical scribe that automates clinical documentation and reduces administrative workload, enabling you to spend more time delivering exceptional client care.
In turn, you'll be better positioned to make the most of our uncapped monthly incentive programme, rewarding high performance every month.
If you're an experienced physiotherapist looking to advance your career in concussion rehabilitation while making a genuine difference in people's lives, we'd love to hear from you.
For a copy of the position description, click here, or if you have any questions, get in touch with Lucy at ******.
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