Community Health Assistant, Waitakere

3 months ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waitematā Full time

**Te Whatu Ora - Waitematā**
- **Community Health Assistant**:

- **Child & Family West, Waitākere**:

- **Permanent, part time (0.8 FTE)**:

- **Monday to Friday**

**Would you like to make a difference in our community?**

**Are you passionate about health equity?**

The Te Whatu Ora Waitematā Child & Family Service works with school communities, children, young people and whanau in their homes, to improve health outcomes, enabling everyone to have access to healthcare.

Our vision is to deliver a whānau focused partnership committed to improving outcomes and eliminating inequity for tamariki and whānau. Our community based services are made up of multidisciplinary teams who are passionate about supporting the health and wellbeing of tamariki so they can reach their full potential.

**About the role**

We are seeking a Community Health Care Assistant to be based primarily in the Child & Family West team at Waitākere Hospital. A Community Health Assistant is an integral member of the team who will:

- Assist Public Health Nurses with school based immunisation programmes and health early prevention programmes in schools
- Support Vision Hearing technicians with the vision and hearing screening programme in schools and preschools
- Undertake administration tasks including receiving referrals, providing clerical support and maintaining accurate records including data entry.
- Assist clients in accessing secondary care
- Participate in home visiting when assisting public health nurses

**The successful applicant will**:

- Have good communication skills
- Enjoy working with diverse communities
- Have the ability to use computer programmes including MS: Word, Excel and Outlook
- Be self motivated and organised
- Have experience in working with children
- Have a good sense of humour
- Hold a full, clean, NZ Driver's Licence

If this sounds like you, we can't wait to hear from you

To view the position description for this role, click here.

**Job Number : WDHB16692



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