Rheumatic Fever Community Health Worker

2 months ago

Whakatane, New Zealand PeopleHQ Full time

**Fixed term role to cover a period of parental leave**:

- ** Varied and meaningful mahi, a chance to make a real difference**:

- ** Supportive management team who encourages learning**

Our client Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauora are looking for a Rheumatic Fever Community Health Worker to join their team. Established in 1995, our client Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauora provides a range of appropriate, accessible and sustainable health, education and social services that improves the well-being of Iwi and the wider community for all who reside within Kawerau and the Eastern Bay of Plenty region. This is a full-time, fixed-term role, of approximately 7-8 months duration to cover a period of parental leave.

**He aha te tūnga | About the role**
The Rheumatic Fever Community Health Worker supports supports the implementation of the rheumatic fever prevention programme to reduce the incidence of rheumatic fever in children aged 5-14 years in the Eastern Bay of Plenty (EBOP) area.

The role includes the delivery of throat swabs and basic skin assessments under the supervision of a Registered Nurse in schools around EBOP and at Te Whare Haumanu clinic.
The role also includes providing clinic reception cover when staff are away.

**Key responsibilities of the role include but not limited to**:

- Provide support to the nurses with home and clinic appointments
- Nurse-led clinic support
- Throat swabbing
- Conducting weekly school visits
- Completing Kiri ora basic healthy skin assessments
- Health care advice, promotion and education
- Reporting
- Provide clinic reception cover as required
- Current First Aid Certificate
- Familiarisation with the specific programme’s standard operating procedures
- Sore throat assessment and swabbing
- Skin assessment and infection control
- Understanding of school systems
- Knowledge of simple skin conditions and treatments
- Familiarisation with Rheumatic Fever programme standard operating procedures
- Clean full NZ Drivers Licence
- Able to develop working relationships with whānau, internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Working knowledge of Medtech
- Excellent computer literacy skills, with proficiency in all Microsoft Office functions
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- High attention to detail
- A commitment to safe work practices
- Empathy, showing respect for clients and their whānau
- Knowledge and awareness of tikanga Māori culture and history, and an understanding of Te Reo Māori is desirable

**Why Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauora?**
With a vision of Ko te noho ōranga o te whānau o te tīnana o te hinengaro o te wairua e tai ai te mauri mō ngā tāngata katoa, Whānau wellbeing is the unity of body mind and spirt the life force for all people and drives what they do.

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