Mortality Review Advisor
3 days ago
**Mortality Review Advisor - Mortality Review Management Group**
**Full Time | Permanent | Auckland or Wellington**
**Who we are**:
Our vision is quality health for all, hauora kounga mo te katoa.
At Health Quality & Safety Commission Te Tahu Hauora (the Commission) we work with clinicians, health providers, whanau and consumers to improve health and disability support services across New Zealand.
Our goal is to ensure all groups get safe and high-quality care that matches their health needs, including improving access to care for those with needs that are not currently being addressed.
The Commission is a Crown Agent with a board responsible to the Minister of Health.
Join us as we partner with clinicians, providers and whanau to improve health and disability support services in New Zealand.
**Prevent avoidable deaths by supporting the quality of perinatal and maternal mortality reviews.**
**The role**:
- Ensure mortality review processes are thorough, consistent, and aimed at preventing future deaths.
- Support perinatal and maternal data collection, reconciliation and classification accuracy.
- Train and mentor local mortality review coordinators and review teams.
- Liaise with clinicians, local coordinators and multi-sector partners to capture all relevant death notifications.
- Lead continuous improvement of local review standards, guidelines and data processes.
- Encourage use of Te Pou Maori responsive rubric for reviewing deaths of Maori.
- Help translate national recommendations into local practice and monitor implementation.
- Document findings, decisions and recommendations clearly and maintain confidentiality.
- Build and maintain strong relationships across health, consumer and whanau networks.**
**About you**:
- Relevant qualification in health or public health.
- Practical understanding of health systems, patient safety and quality improvement.
- Experience supporting distributed data collection, training and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with mortality classification systems such as International Classification of Diseases and perinatal and maternal -specific coding.
- Strong attention to data quality, ability to identify gaps and drive reconciliation.
- Clear written and verbal communication with plain-language reporting skills.
- Ability to design and deliver effective training for local teams.
- Ability to maintain emotional resilience when regularly exposed to sensitive or distressing material.
- Understanding of health equity in New Zealand and awareness of the impact social and cultural factors.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and commitment to cultural safety and anti-racism.
- Digitally confident with Microsoft Office and Teams; strong time-management and process-improvement skills.
**How to apply**:
This role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to the improvement of health outcomes and health equities in New Zealand. If you have the passion and expertise to make a difference, we encourage you to apply.
Please submit your CV and cover letter via the Seek portal today.
Check out the position description on Govt Jobs NZ (ref:1890024)
Applications close on 28/10/2025.
Salary band and range - $100,442 - $118,167.00.
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