Kaihapai / Cultural Liaison Officer - Critical Care

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand Waikato Full time

Kaihapai / Cultural Liaison Officer - Critical Care

Job Number:

WAI25880

Where you'll be working:
Waikato Hospital

The details:
Fixed term to 30 June hour per fortnight (1 FTE)

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

  • We currently have a vacancy for a full time Kaihāpai / Cultural Liaison. Working in partnership with our Te Puna Oranga Māori Health services, the purpose of the position is to provide cultural support for patients and their whanau from the time of entry and duration of their stay in the Intensive Care Unit. This new exciting opportunity is fixed term pilot position and will be evaluated during and upon its conclusion.

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Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

  • Our 16 bedded Intensive Care Unit (ICU) cares for both elective and acute patients. The unit is state of the art, and provides an excellent opportunity to work in a progressive and motivated environment with the latest technology. We are at the centre of a regional referral network across the middle of the North Island, with all the related trauma and air retrieval activities that go along with that. The medical and nursing teams are supportive, dynamic and flexible, working together to provide quality care to all patients within Te Manawa Taki.

Moū - About you

  • You will have a strong understanding and a strong knowledge of Tikanga and Te Ao Māori with practical ability to convey and teach to all clients and staff through different means such as but not limited to Te Reo and Waiata. With the ability to support access to cultural programmes and activities for clients and their whānau. Provide support for staff in order to enhance the effectiveness of the cultural plans and activities.

Your skills and experience will ideally be:

Essential:

  • A relevant graduate qualification
  • Experience in implementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi in action
  • Passion for working with whanau Māori
  • Extensive networks and relationships with services, Māori and the wider community
  • You will likely have significant existing networks within a Māori health environment in order to have the required credibility to further build and maintain positive relationships at all levels
  • A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori
  • Māori / Pacific cultural competency.
  • Experience in engaging with Māori / Pacific patients and families in a healthcare service.
  • Good understanding of the unit's functions, and the processes and services within it.
  • A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Māori people
  • Comprehensive understanding of Māori worldviews.
  • Good relationships with Māori cultural networks and services

Desired:

  • Post graduate study/qualification in relevant area of practice
  • Robust knowledge of community agencies and networks
  • Level 3 Health related NZQA qualification is desirable
  • Previous experience working in Māori health services and/or with Māori
  • Experience in quality improvement initiatives
    Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

Te iwi Ngakaunui - People at Heart- Whakamana - Give and earn respect Whakaronga - Listen to me; Talk to me Mauri Pai - Fair play Whakapakari - Growing the good Kotahitanga - Stronger togetherIt is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.

  • Te Whatu Ora
  • Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora
  • Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.
  • We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora
  • Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.
  • Here at Te Whatu Ora
  • Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients directly or nondirectly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.
  • Te Whatu Ora, Waikato serves the largest Māori population and third largest Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is one of New Zealand's largest tertiary, teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres. Clinical specialities include Women's and Children Services, Cardiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oncology and Haematology, Surgical services, and Mental Health and Addiction. Waikato Hospital is the Midland regional referral centre for multiple specialties including trauma surgery, oncology, and neurology.
  • We are a valuesbased a

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