Kaihapai Evaluator

**Kaihapai Evaluator**

**Job Number**:WAI27085**

**Where you’ll be working**: Waikato Hospital

**The details**:Fixed term part time - Up to 16 hours per week

We currently have a vacancy for a part-time Kaihāpai Evaluator, working in partnership with our Te Puna Oranga Māori Health services
- This pilot will have significant benefits to Ma Māori ori patients, whanau and staff.

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

As a Kaihāpai Evaluator you will conduct high-quality professional evaluation service for the Kaihāpai - Māori Cultural Liaison Pilot. The evaluator will design and conduct evaluation activities and having regard to the aims and objectives of the Kaihāpai - Cultural Liaison Critical Care Pilot.
- To be effective and succeed in this role it is expected the person will have proven capabilities against the Leading-Self leadership focus. A person with this leadership focus will not hold formal leadership accountabilities but is responsible for displaying leadership character and driving service delivery within their role and team.
- Key responsibilities of the role:

- Provide professional evaluation services for the Kaihāpai - Cultural Liaison Critical Care Pilot
- Conduct evaluation studies to assess the effectiveness of Kaihāpai - Cultural Liaison Pilot against agreed objectives
- Produce reports detailing the findings of the evaluation, what worked well, areas for improvement, and make recommendations.

**Click here** to view the position description.**
- (Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Te Whatu Ora, Waikato website.)_

**Ko o tatou painga | Our Benefits**
- You will be part of a professional supportive team that all have the same primary focus to provide exemplary service to our community.
- You will also be a part of the team bringing the critical care into the future with a number of projects currently underway.

**Mōu | About you**
- Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:

- Tertiary qualification in health related field or equivalent experience in the health sector or research to Masters Level or above. 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.
- Fluent in Te reo me ona tikanga considered an asset but not essential
- Demonstrated experience in conducting research interviews or surveys considered an asset but not essential
- Experience in quality improvement initiatives considered an asset but not essential

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**
- Critical Service 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.
- This role also has strong links to Māori Equity Research, this role falls under the Hospital and Community Services group.
- Rangahau kaupapa
- Engaging in Kaupapa Māori research & evaluation
- Contributing towards opportunities for funding & scholarships
- Support & linking in Māori & Indigenous research and networks
- Building workforce development
- Developing innovative solutions based on research

**Ko ngaa hua o te noho ki roto o Waikato, te mahi hoki ki Te Whatu Ora, Waikato | The Benefits of living in Waikato and working for Te Whatu Ora, Waikato**
- Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please **click here**.
- As part of our Health NZ, Waikato family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progressi