Are you a Physiotherapist ready to specialise in Hand Therapy? Or an experienced Hand Therapist looking for your next opportunity?

We’re looking for a passionate clinician to join our supportive and high-performing team, with flexibility to be based in Wellington CBD, Lower Hutt or Kapiti.

About Habit Health

Our purpose is to support people in their communities to optimise health and live their best lives. We provide integrated physical and mental health services across Aotearoa, helping people restore function, grow stronger, reconnect with whānau and community, and return safely to work. We pride ourselves on being one of New Zealand’s leading integrated healthcare providers, delivering high-quality services at scale while maintaining strong local team cultures.

The role:

As a Hand Therapist, you’ll manage your own clinical caseload while being part of a collaborative, experienced team. You’ll provide high-quality, evidence-based assessment and treatment for a wide range of upper limb conditions, supporting clients to return to full participation in daily life. This opportunity will suit a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist wanting to transition into Hand Therapy, or a Registered / Associate Hand Therapist seeking a new clinic environment with flexibility and growth opportunities.

You’ll enjoy clinical independence, strong peer support, and the opportunity to continue developing your specialist skills.

Main responsibilities:  

• Completing comprehensive upper limb assessments
• Developing and adapting treatment plans as conditions progress
• Communicating clearly with patients, referrers and funders (including ACC)
• Managing an efficient and well-organised caseload
• Contributing to clinical in-services and ongoing professional development
• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team

The benefits of working with us:

• Market competitive salary – we are committed to ensuring that our teams feel valued 
• Annual budget set aside for professional development / study 
• Reimbursements for all registration and APC fees
• Access to pool vehicles for business needs
• Great team culture with regular social events, weekly treats, award schemes
• Well-being initiatives: annual eye exam, flu vaccination, access to EAP services
• Free access to any of our Wellington-based gyms

The ideal candidate:

• Degree / qualification in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
• Current APC / Member/Registration of Hand Therapy NZ, PBNZ or OTNZ
• Excellent interpersonal skills – you will be meeting lots of great people!
• Open to candidates of all skill levels who wish to specialise in Hand Therapy / candidates who are already qualified and can supervise and mentor Associates

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!  

If you’re passionate about helping people regain strength, function and independence — and want to build or grow your career in Hand Therapy — we’d love to hear from you. For a copy of the position description, please click 'Apply' which will take you through to our Careers website and will activate this link.

Please refer to job no 2235 in your cover letter when applying for this role.

If you have any questions, email Madison at HR@phg.co.nz

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.