Occupational Therapist - Gisborne at Habit Health

Job Description:

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Closing Date: 28/10/2025 Job Type: Permanent - Full Time Location: Hawkes Bay/Gisborne - Gisborne - Palmerston Road Job Category: Health, Medical & Pharmaceutical

Habit Health is a nationwide healthcare provider, specialising in the rehabilitation space. We enable people to live their best lives and empower our teams to realise their full potential.

Our Gisborne clinic is seeking a motivated Occupational Therapist who will work with other allied health team members to support people the way they deserve to be taken care of - the Habit Health way. We are looking for a rehabilitation professional who has experience working on ACC contracts for adult pain, concussion and social rehab.

You will work with a great team of rehabilitation professionals who put their clients first and we, as a company, put their growth and development at the forefront of what we do.

Main responsibilities:

• Develop / implement in-clinic and community rehabilitation programmes
• Liaise with allied health team members
• Create patient reports on client abilities, goals and best practice intervention
• Utilise diary management software

The benefits of working with us:

• Along with an excellent salary you will receive a $8,000 sign-on bonus with your first salary!
• We offer a market competitive salary and ensure that our teams feel valued
• Relocation allowance should you move to this region for the role
• Re-imbursement of professional registration/APC fees
• Active manager feedback and clinical mentorship aimed at growth and excellence
• Clinical supervision provided
• Opportunities to develop clinical skills in rehabilitation
• Permanent full-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

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 decreases administrative work. This enables you to focus on clinical care and excellence. In turn, you will be better equipped to make best use of our uncapped incentive programme that enables clinicians to earn an extra performance bonus every single month!

The ideal candidate:

• Must have NZ OT registration and current APC
• Ability to effectively manage your time and caseload
• Full NZ Driver's license for community rehabilitation
• Excellent communication skills - you will be meeting new and varied people every day!

For Occupational Therapists based overseas:

• As an accredited employer we will provide assistance in the AEWV process
• Contribution towards relocation costs
• Assistance in helping you settle into New Zealand

If you think you have the skills, experience and can-do attitude to make it even bigger with an organisation that rewards your worth, we want to hear from you! If you have any questions, email **@Habit.co.nz.

Please refer to job no 884 in your cover letter when applying for this role. If you have any questions, email **@Habit.co.nz

Confidentiality is assured

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

Job Info:

• Company: Habit Health
• Position: Occupational Therapist - Gisborne
• Work Location: Gisborne, North Island
• Country: NZ

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