Public Health Medicine Specialist

2 days ago

Waikato District Waikato, New Zealand Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Full time

**Contribute to transforming the future of health in a**rewarding role focused on making a difference and leading change**:

- **Permanent, Full-Time role covering the Waikato/Taupō area**:

- **Demonstrated commitment to, and presence in, Taupō/Tūrangi communities, with regular travel across Waikato/Taupō area**

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
**About the Role**

We have an opportunity available to join our team as a **Public Health Medicine Specialist**. This is a permanent, full-time senior role covering the Waikato//Taupō area, Te Manawa Taki region, NPHS. The role is required to demonstrate a commitment to Taupō/Tūrangi communities, partners, and stakeholders, with a local presence. Regular travel would be required across Waikato//Taupō.

In this role, you will lead the delivery of public health services, collaborate with NPHS and wider health system colleagues to ensure high-quality public health work, and fulfil the responsibilities of a designated Medical Officer of Health. You will offer expert advice to support a cohesive, effective and equitable health system, aiming for improved population health outcomes.

**About the Team/Service/ Location**

The National Public Health Service (NPHS) within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, work towards Pae Ora (healthy futures) for all by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention.

**About you**

**Skills and Experience**
- Relevant graduate (and post-graduate) qualifications - Extensive clinical experience and expertise in public health medicine, with appropriate tertiary level professional qualification
- Hold a registered medical practitioner current Annual Practising Certificate and vocational registration as a specialist medical practitioner in a relevant speciality (FNZCPHM, FAFPHM) or similar
- Already designated or able to work towards designation as a Medical Officer of Health
- Current full New Zealand driver's licence
- The ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with people at all levels within the public and private sectors, related industry and community interest groups and the wider national and international communities
- Recent public health service experience including cross sector working with an understanding of the New Zealand health system
- Proven knowledge of equity models and practice in professional field
- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth

**Working for Health New Zealand**

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

**Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion**

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