Team Leader Outpatient Respiratory Physiotherapy

Full time, permanent
Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines

• EAP + Regular Hours
• Paid Study Leave & Financial Support for External Courses 
• Team Environment + Multicultural Setting + Agile Work Style 

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

Gain valuable real-life experience & insights of working in and with a dynamic and dedicated team through the role of Team Leader Physiotherapist. We are seeking an experienced New Zealand registered Physiotherapist with a wide variety of clinical expertise to lead the Outpatient Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy team, within the wider Respiratory team. The Physiotherapy team primarily provide respiratory care to youth and adults with respiratory conditions including COPD, asthma, breathing pattern disorders and bronchiectasis, as well as people with concurrent health conditions including neuromuscular weakness. These physiotherapy services are provided through pulmonary rehabilitation, outpatient physiotherapy as well as interdisciplinary clinics across multiple community and clinic sites.

As the Team Leader, you will be the lead driver of this professional group ensuring that service expectations are met with a focus on quality, holistic and person/whanau-centred care. Shaped by an interdisciplinary care model, you will be integral to professional, specialty and health teams, working in partnership with other clinical leaders and service managers to ensure a high standard of evidence-based and best-practice guided care is consistently provided.

This is a unique opportunity to extend and develop your line management and leadership experience, in addition to managing a clinical caseload. Post-graduate study and research is actively supported by the department. In addition to weekday physiotherapy service provision, there is opportunity for successful candidate to contribute to the acute on-call and weekend roster for inpatient Cardio-Respiratory Physiotherapy. Credentialing and up-skilling are available.

To be successful in this role, you will have excellent communication skills applicable across multiple stakeholders, a strong clinical background in cardio-respiratory physiotherapy, and evidence of innovation and people management You will have extensive experience in the leadership, supervision and development of staff with experience in quality improvement, culture change and innovation. Experience in audit and research is also beneficial.

Essential:

• NZ registration with the relevant professional body, holding a current Annual Practicing Certificate (APC)
• A minimum of six years recent clinical experience in area of practice
• Recent experience working in the relevant setting
• Demonstrated ability in the development and management of staff
• Experience in problem solving, priority setting, and planning
• A full drivers licence

We provide and support regular professional development opportunities, practice review, performance development planning and regular professional supervision.

This role will be working across all Counties Manukau sites.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Benefits:

• Working with a dynamic, innovative and supportive team dedicated to the cardio-respiratory health of their community
• Access to individual education funding in addition to Department Education funding for post-graduate and clinical courses/conferences
• Funding of Annual Practicing Certificate and support towards cost of Physiotherapy New Zealand subscription.
• Discounted services as part of our work perks.

How to Apply

To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by 19 October 2026. To view the job description, please click here.

For more information, please contact Amy on amy.lin@tewhatuora.govt.nz.

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga , Kind Manaakitanga, Together Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.