Clinical Effectiveness Advisor

2 weeks ago

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

Based at**Auckland City Hospital / Permanent,**Full-Time**(Mon - Fri)**
- Support system-level change**by helping services learn from incidents, feedback, and everyday practice**:

- Be part of something meaningful**— we are reimagining healthcare to deliver equity and excellence for all**

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.
**About the Role**

Join Te Toka Tumai Auckland at the forefront of New Zealand’s health transformation

As Clinical Effectiveness Advisor be part of our Quality, Safety and Risk (QSR) team. In this pivotal role, you’ll work alongside clinical leaders to identify and review risks, support learning from both routine practice and adverse events, and help drive improvements in care processes and outcomes. Your expertise in healthcare quality, patient safety, and systems thinking will make a lasting difference for patients and whānau.

For all aspects of this role, required experience/knowledge please click through to the position description here.

**About the Team/Service**

We offer a supportive team with mentoring and collaboration at its core, as well as opportunities for development and ongoing learning in a dynamic environment.

**About you**

As a trusted advisor to our clinical directorates, you’ll:

- Lead and facilitate reviews of adverse events and near misses to understand risk and improve safety
- Support services to identify trends, respond to clinical risk, and implement quality improvements
- Foster and support a culture of ongoing learning and development
- Collaborate with clinicians, families of patients, and quality teams to enable safer, more effective care

This is a hands-on, relationship-focused role where your voice will help shape how we respond, learn, and improve from challenges — both big and small.

We’re looking for someone who brings:

- A tertiary qualification in a health profession and at least 3 years of healthcare experience.
- A strong background in patient safety, clinical quality, or risk management.
- Experience leading or supporting adverse event reviews and facilitating multidisciplinary groups.
- A commitment to equity and improving Māori health outcomes, aligned with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Critical thinking, empathy, strong communication skills, and a proactive, collaborative mindset.

**Desirable**: Postgraduate study in health quality/safety, and a working knowledge of human factors, safety science, or healthcare systems improvement.

**About the location**

For more information on living and working in Auckland click here.

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