Lead Hand Therapist
Job description
Habit Health is seeking a Lead Hand Therapist to join our Wellington team. This is an exciting opportunity for an advanced practitioner who is passionate about clinical excellence, mentoring others, and helping shape the delivery of high-quality hand therapy services.
In this role, you'll combine a rewarding clinical caseload with leadership responsibilities, supporting the development of therapists, strengthening clinic operations, and driving outstanding client outcomes. You'll play a key role in fostering a collaborative team culture while ensuring our Wellington clinic continues to deliver best-practice rehabilitation services.
About Habit Health
At Habit Health, our purpose is to support people in their community to optimise health and live their best life. We provide integrated health services that support people on both physical and mental health journeys, helping them restore function, gain independence, and achieve meaningful outcomes.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading the day-to-day clinical environment within the Wellington hand therapy clinic
- Maintaining an active clinical caseload and delivering high-quality hand therapy services
- Providing mentoring, coaching, peer review, and clinical support to therapists
- Supporting staff development, induction, and ongoing training initiatives
- Monitoring clinic capacity and assisting with triage and allocation of work
- Building strong relationships with ACC, referrers, employers, insurers, and community stakeholders
- Supporting accreditation requirements and continuous quality improvement initiatives
- Promoting integrated rehabilitation solutions across Habit Health's service offerings
- Contributing to a positive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture
What You'll Bring
- Registration as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist with the appropriate New Zealand professional board
- Current Annual Practising Certificate
- Membership with Hand Therapy New Zealand
- At least 5 years of clinical experience in hand therapy or a closely aligned setting
- Postgraduate qualifications completed or currently being worked towards
- Strong ACC rehabilitation knowledge and experience
- Excellent clinical reasoning and report writing skills
- A passion for mentoring and developing others
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building abilities
Why Join Habit Health?
- Annual budget set aside for professional development / study
- Reimbursements for all registration and APC fees
- Access to pool vehicles for business needs
- Active manager feedback and clinical mentorship aimed at growth and excellence
- Permanent full-time/part- time role with clear career progression
- Great team culture with regular social events, weekly treats, award schemes
- Well-being initiatives: annual eye exam, flu vaccination, access to EAP services
If you're an experienced Hand Therapist looking for a role where you can make a greater impact through leadership, mentoring, and clinical excellence, we'd love to hear from you. 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 hr@phg.co.nz. When doing so, please quote the job reference number and location.
Please note: overseas applicants will only be considered if they are already registered and approved to practise as a Hand Therapist in New Zealand. Applicants who do not hold current New Zealand registration will not be considered for this position.
