Kaiāwhina - Health Care Assistant - Midcentral - Central Region - Nphs
8 hours ago
**Permanent, part time 0.**8 FTE (64 hours per fortnight)**:
- **Located in: MidCentral District**
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**
An opportunity exists to join our MidCentral public health nursing team as a **Kaiāwhina**. The role also includes the opportunity to transition to a Public Health Nurse role in our team should you wish to train to become a registered nurse at a later date - however this is not mandatory for your successful appointment to this Kaiwhina role.
Kaiāwhina support and deliver programmes in an integrated way across the Child Health Team, ensuring whanau are empowered through promoting hauora and contributing to positive outcomes. They promote and protect the health and hauora of communities, with particular emphasis for Māori and other priority populations. This role is a permanent part time role based across the Midcentral district.
In this role you would work alongside Public Health Nurses and in partnership with tamariki, rangatahi and their whanau, school communities and early learning centres, Te Kohanga Reo, and collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team. The role requires a high level of competence and autonomy while working in education and community settings supporting clients tamariki, rangatahi and whanau with a range of needs with a particular focus on government priorities.
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 Service**
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. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.
**About you**
- NCEA level 2 or equivalent undergraduate certificate or diploma, and a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth
- Current unendorsed full drivers licence
- An eye for detail, effective problem solving and a commitment for continuous quality improvement
- Demonstrated ability to work unsupervised with excellent organisation and time management skills
- Demonstrated ability to work within a team, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated computer skills
- Experience using Patient Management Systems is also desirable
- Previous experience working in the health sector or school environment is desirable
- Previous experience working with children and young people is desirable
- Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori is desirable.
**Working for Health New Zealand**
**How to Apply**
**_Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change affected kaimahi will be given preference and priority for this position._
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