Careers

Looking to progress in your career, increase your job satisfaction and feel valued every day?

We have the ideal job for you…  

Would your perfect job look like:

• Working as part of a team focused on delivering gold standard care to their clients.
• A regular programme of mentoring, clinical support and skill development including manual therapy, functional rehabilitation, Pilates, biomechanical screening.
• Competitive pay
• Weekly debrief with one of the directors.
• Fortnightly team in-services.
• Excellent equipment including force plates to enhance your assessment and treatment plans
• 26 colleagues and ample opportunity to learn from our team.
• Free access to Physio Network for ongoing CPD/learning
• Flexible working pattern, which could include a 4-day working week.
• A working environment that is supportive and fun to be part of.
• Regular social events (including a weekend away!)

You First Physio Culture

• Our mission is to provide a gold standard of physiotherapy from a clinical and customer service perspective, to every patient who visits us.
• To achieve this, we believe that our staff must come first and we want at all times for them to feel happy, supported and empowered to be their best.
• Our ethos as a team is to be “Open and coachable with an attitude of gratitude as we pursue excellence in everything we do

Why Us?

We are a well-established, and progressive physiotherapy practice known for delivering outstanding patient outcomes in a fun and friendly environment.

We operate from 4 locations in Christchurch. You will be working alongside 19 physiotherapists who each have a range of knowledge and skill sets they are happy to share. We encourage a collaborative working environment. Our clinic has an excellent reputation in the local community and with local referrers and consultants.

We are much more than just a MSK clinic. With our relationship with the University of Canterbury there is potential to work alongside sports teams and athletes. We provide ACC contract work such as vocational, Pain, concussion, Training for Independence and we deliver services under the Escalated Care Pathway.  We run GLAD and MAP classes for OA of the hip and knee.

We are placing more emphasis on our clinical Pilates and rehabilitation post injury by offering our clients small group reformer classes.  If you are passionate about Pilates and have reformer experience you could help drive this aspect of our clinics. 

What we look for in an ideal team member?

We believe in getting the right people for the team. So, whether you are a new graduate or someone with years of experience, if you are looking for a new challenge and a more rewarding place to work then you could be the next awesome member of our team.

The sorts of attributes that we look for in our employees are:

• Someone who is coachable regardless of your current skills or experience
• An attitude of wanting to be the best
• A good communicator to patients and colleagues
• Commitment to ongoing learning
• A sense of humour (optional)

Does this sound like the job for you?

If you would like to be considered for our position then please send a CV and covering letter to nigel@youfirstphysio.co.nz

Alternatively, if you would like to have a confidential informal discussion about how we work and whether we would be a good fit for you then please feel free to call me on 022 350 5341 or email me any questions to nigel@youfirstphysio.co.nz

We hope you will take this opportunity to join a great team doing great things.

Nigel, Katherine, Cate – Directors