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Allied Health

We employ over 2,500 Allied Health, Scientific and Technical Professionals across all areas of Te Toka Tumai Auckland, making up over 20% of our workforce. Te Toka Tumai provides healthcare for its own population and also for patients/service users across the region and nationally as a tertiary provider.

Our staff are based in a diverse range of areas across hospitals, outpatients and community settings. We recruit a vast array of talented and motivated professionals from over 40 professional groups, including Allied Health professionals such as occupational therapists, social workers, speech-language therapists, psychologists and play specialists and Scientific & Technical professionals such as pharmacists and technicians, radiographers and sonographers, physiologists and radiation therapists.

With new and evolving opportunities, our workforce is always in demand as we strive to deliver our vision of healthier communities and world-class healthcare. We recruit from across NZ and the globe to meet the skills and experience needed for the population we serve.

We’re a friendly and dedicated group, offering fantastic support for new joiners enabling our people to progress professionally with the exciting work we offer.

Champion Research

Help transform the future of healthcare

We have the ability to champion or be part of research projects and innovations which can transform our service offering striving for better outcomes for our patients and their whā…

PREP2 predicts upper limb function after stroke

Clinical Algorithm

Physiotherapists at Auckland DHB had no objective, prognostic tools to tell in advance how much a stroke patient’s hand and arm function could be improved with therapy. This has ch…

Orthopaedic patients getting the right care sooner

Offering faster access to care

Patients are now getting access to the right care faster. An Allied health clinician is now working at the top of scope in the orthopaedic clinic, to effectively free up surgical c…