Core Occupational Therapist - Taunaki, Mental Health & Addiction Services

Full time, permanent role

Remuneration as per PSA Allied Health MECA guidelines 

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. 

Are you a passionate Occupational Therapist who wants to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children, young people, and their whaanau? Join the Taunaki Child & Adolescent Mental Health Team and contribute to delivering high-quality, recovery-focused mental health services to tamariki, rangatahi, and their whaanau across South Auckland.

We are a Child and Adolescent Mental Health team that can give you an opportunity to work closely with our clinical partners in primary care e.g., GP practices, schools and marae. Our team is based at 492 Great South Road, Otahuhu. The core Occupational Therapist clinician role utilises their clinical expertise and competencies to coordinate, deliver and support professional services in one or more specialist areas. The majority of the clinical mahi will occur (managing a clinical caseload).

You will receive on-going support by your line manager, clinical coordinator and other peers within your integrated specialist `home team (ISpEC), and opportunities for clinical supervision and professional development. If this sounds like the work you would like to do, and are passionate about optimising the mental, physical, health and wellbeing of the people we serve then we want to hear from you!

Essential:

• New Zealand Registered Occupational Therapist with a current Annual Practising Certificate
• Experience in Mental Health with some of this being within a child and/or adolescent mental health team
• A full clean drivers licence

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 Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'. All applications must be submitted through our online career's portal by 17th November 2026. 

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.