Public Health Assistant

2 months ago

Auckland City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Permanent, full time Public Health Assistant opportunity
- NZ's largest Public Health Service
- Great Auckland (Greenlane) Location

Nau mai, haere mai ki Auckland Regional Public Health
Bring your expertise, your knowledge and your skills to make a difference around the way we approach our mahi to promote and protect the health and wellbeing of all people living in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
We are looking for a Public Health Assistant to join our warm and friendly team. Auckland Regional Public Health Service investigates and manages notifiable diseases, outbreaks and epidemics in the community.
You will be a positive, empathetic and enthusiastic addition to our team. Your days might include helping at our BCG vaccination clinics for babies and young children, supporting clients taking medication for Tuberculosis (Directly Observed Therapy), transporting clients in the community to clinic, laboratory or radiology appointments, or any other duties - all in partnership with our Public Health Nurses.
We work with people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures and communities across Auckland, so you will have the ability to work alongside the diverse population we serve.
Please note that this position is Monday to Friday, with weekend work (as required).
For further details, please refer to the position description here.
Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills
- Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Level 4) with a focus on Health assistance.
- Experience of working with people from other cultures
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- A team player with a positive attitude
- A full NZ drivers' licence
- Physically active to meet the demands of the job visiting patients in the community
- Sound computer literacy
- Current CPR Certificate

Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation
We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children's Hospital, located in central Auckland.
We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand's national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.
We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.
Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) delivers public health across the Auckland region. ARPHS is a fully integrated public health unit delivering promotion, protection and screening programmes designed to improve the health and wellbeing of the populations of the Auckland region in partnership with mana whenua, striving always to reduce health inequalities, we work across three domains: Excellence in Core Delivery, Leadership and Advocacy and Future Focused.
He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here
We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
For more information on what we offer, please click here.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

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