Community Health Worker

1 day ago

Whakatane, New Zealand PeopleHQ Full time

**Do you enjoy flexibility in your role, with no two days the same?**:

- ** Varied and meaningful mahi, a chance to make a real difference**:

- ** Modern working environment with supportive management team**

Our client Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauora are looking for a Community Health Worker to join their team. Established in 1995, our client Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauora provides a range of appropriate, accessible and sustainable health, education and social services that improves the well-being of Iwi and the wider community for all who reside within Kawerau and the Eastern Bay of Plenty region.

**He aha te tūnga | About the role**
Working closely alongside the Registered Nurses across all areas of nursing services provided by Te Whare Haumau Nurse-led clinic, this role delivers patient care under supervision by a Registered Nurse. This full-time role also supports the overall smooth running of the clinic.

**Key responsibilities of the role include but not limited to**:

- General administration and reception cover
- Provide support to the nurses with home and clinic appointments
- Manage clinic appointment bookings
- Prepare health packs and care packs as directed
- Ordering of stock and supplies
- Coordination of Māmā and pēpi programme and wānanga hapūtanga
- Health care promotion and education
- Reporting
- Current First Aid Certificate
- Knowledge of tikanga/kawa as a minimum along with the ability to successfully work within a Maori organisations
- Clean full NZ Drivers Licence
- Able to develop working relationships with whānau, internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Working knowledge of Medtech
- Excellent computer literacy skills, with proficiency in all Microsoft Office functions
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- High attention to detail
- A commitment to safe work practices
- Empathy, showing respect for clients and their whānau
- Knowledge and awareness of tikanga Māori culture and history, and an understanding of Te Reo Māori is desirable

**Why Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Hauora?**
With a vision of Ko te noho ōranga o te whānau o te tīnana o te hinengaro o te wairua e tai ai te mauri mō ngā tāngata katoa, Whānau wellbeing is the unity of body mind and spirt the life force for all people and drives what they do.

**RECRUITMENT INFORMATION**

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