Overseas Physio's Coming to New Zealand.

[PHY]

Fyzzio,

Yes You Are Right About The Hospital Salaries But Totally Wrong About Private Practice, Thats Why Myself And 3 Of My Friends From The Uk Are In Private Practice At The Moment. We All Started Off In The Hospitals Here In New Zealand 18 Months Ago And All Left After 3 Months. The Hospitals Were Quite Good But Can Not Be Compared To The Uk In Terms Of Cpd And Less And Less Patients Are Comming To Hospital For Physio Outpatients And Leads To Dna's Over 50% Dna Rate In Hospitalyou Are Lucky To See More Than 5 Patients A Day! It Got So Boreing. In Private I See 15 To 20 Per Day And Its So Great To See Such An Amount Of Different Injuries. These Salaries Are A Rough Average Of What To Ask For In Private Practice, And Yes They Are Accurate For My Company Anyway. Thats Why We Have Such A Good Number Of Physios At The Minute.you Are Totally Wrong About The Acc Contracts, What About Epn Providers In Private Practice, Lots Of Private Practices Are Endorsed With This. At A Course 3 Months Ago I Met Several Owners Of Clinics Form Both The North And South Island And All Were Agreeing That The Only Way To Attract Overseas Physios Was With Better Cpd And Improved Salaries. Hospitals Have Contacted The Clinics That I Work At And Several Others Especially In The South Island As They Need Cover Desperatly. Also Look At The New Zealand Graduate Physios 2008looking For Work On The Physiobob Site And They Are Looking/applying For Employment In Australia!! The Demand For Physios Outweights The Supply, Look At The New Zealand Society Of Physiotherapists Newsletter November 2007 And See The Number Of Jobs From Page 38 To 60, 22 Pages Of Jobs, Estimated To Be At 200 To 250 Jobs!!

You Are Right About The Hospital Salaries As The Salaries In A Hospital Are Shocking!! If You Want To Learn And Have Loads More Cpd With Better Income Go To Private Practice. If You Are Offered A Salary That Is Equilivant To A Hospital Then Go To And Look At A Job In A Different Clinic. The Good Private Practices Are Catching On Fast That If They Want To Employ A Physio They Have To Provide A Good Contract And Those Are The Private Practises That Are Suceeding.

Cheers

[Fyzzio]

Hi,
sounds great.
May I just say that I presume you are a musculoskeletal Physio ..?
Am I right?
Please do not forget, that there is loads of us out there who work in other areas and are completely disgusted by the idea of seeing 15 - 20 clients a day.
That really makes me wonder about the depth of your re-assessments and documentation, or, maybe, you work 12 hour shifts.
And .. where again, am I wrong with ACC????
As I said, ACC pays for AX/ RX post injury (that includes the EPN endorsed private practices), but also provides for post-injury (serious) rehab, e.g. in the community.
Like TIs, SDAs and follow-up, RRS, MAP, WSM, etc.
That's my kind of work, mate.
Cheers,
Fyzzio

[PHY]

Fyzzio,

Yes Musculo, Manualy Therapy, Sports, And All Post Orthopaedics. This Is My Area , As Like Patients Physios Are All Individual And Different. 20 Minute And 30 Min Treatment Is The Norm And It Is All About The Quality Of Treatment Not Just Filling Up 20 Mins Of Non Revelant Treatment, Such As Filling The Time Up With Electrotherapy.
You Are Entitalied To What You Think And Please Do Not "judge" Another Health Professional On Time Or Their Documentation As 20 To 30mins Is Regular In The Private Setting/musculo IS THE NORMAL. AS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT DOCUMENTATION IS SO IMPORTANT IN THE UK BUT IN NEW ZEALAND ITS HARD TO GET NOTES FROM ANOTHER CLINIC IF A PATIENT TRANSFERS TO YOUR CLINIC DUE TO SLACK TRAINING, MAYBE THAT IS WHY YOU ASKED THIS? I TAKE IT YOU ARE EXTREMLEY WELL QUALIFIED? RE-ASSESSMENT IS CONTINOUIS THROUGHOUT TREATMENT!! IN THE UK I REGULARY SAW 16 PATINETS A DAY IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, 8 HOURS A DAY WITH 30 MINS APPOINTMENTS.
Enjoy.

[Fyzzio]

Hi,
of course I am extremely well qualified. Aren't we all??????
Yeah, you're right, I have seen a lot of crap: 5min howareyou, 2 stretches, 5 exercises on mashines/ weights, goodbye. No documentation, no nothing.
I see my clients for about an hour, and sometimes that feels rushed.....
I don't neccessarily judge other Physios by how much time they spend with their patients, however have seen (and this seems to be quite common) that new grad Physios are asked to see 15-20 patients in a working day, not as a result of their clinical analysis, but because they have been told, that this is the norm. Including new patient assessments. In other words, their boss doesn't make enough money if they treat their patients any longer. They often struggle hugely with their own development and end up throwing any analytical skills out of the window. And that is a true disgrace to our profession. It is good to hear that some private practices have better work ethics and documentation. Hope you share some of your english CSP standards with colleagues.
I am lucky to be in a role of rehab contracts, where I can determine, how often and for how long I wish to see a client and know that not all private practitioners have got that opportunity.
Good luck,
Fyzzio

[liz]

hey, you guys sound like you know what youre talking about. was wondering if anyone knows whether or not you can work as a physio if you just get a yr work/travel visa? or would i need a proper visa?
thanks liz

[Fyzzio]

Hi,
honestly, I have got no idea what kind of permit you need to work in NZ.
But you will definitely need registration via the NZ Physiotherapy Board.
Regards,
Fyzzio