Public Health Medicine Specialist

**On offer is the opportunity to make a positive impact in an organisation that makes a difference to people's lives**:

- **Contribute to transforming the future of health in this Public Heath Medicine Specialist role**

Join Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora at a key time of change where you will meaningfully contribute to our kaupapa of creating a more equitable, accessible, cohesive, and people-centred health system. This is mahi that will improve the health and well-being of everyone in Aotearoa, and we've got an opportunity for you to be part of it.

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

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.

We have a permanent, part-time (0.6FTE) opportunity available to join our Prevention team as a **Public Health Medicine Specialist,** this role is critical in enabling the delivery of the NPHS strategic agenda for Pae Ora (Healthy Futures).

The Public Health Medicine Specialist is responsible for providing public health medicine leadership and technical support for the on-going quality, monitoring and evaluation of the screening programmes. You will provide public health medicine and applied epidemiological advice and leadership across the screening programmes.

The preferred working location for this role is Auckland or Wellington.

**Mōu | About you**

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**
- Expertise in Public Health Medicine
- Vocational registration with either the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine or the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
- An annual practising certificate with the New Zealand Medical Council
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in monitoring and evaluation of population health programmes
- You will be able to demonstrate extensive specialised experience normally gained through professional qualifications and significant post graduate experience
- Previous public sector and health sector experience
- The ability to work in complex organizations and with diverse stakeholders

**Ka kawea e koe | You will bring**:

- 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

**Ko te mahi e tika ana mō te ao hurihuri nei | Work that suits today's ever - changing world**

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora supports flexible and hybrid working for our kaimahi. In roles that don't require an in-person element, we encourage you to ‘work from where you are.' We want our national teams to be made up of diverse people from across the motu, just like our health system.

**Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai |Our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion**

Our name, Te Whatu Ora, means ‘the weaving of wellness'. Whatu is the combining together of people, resources, organisations, thoughts and actions for the betterment and wellbeing of all. Whatu is also a direct reference to the pupil of the eye, and the vision required of the new entity and system.

At Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora we acknowledge and respect our people's diversity and spiritual needs, ensuring a safe workplace that is a whānau orientated and supportive environment. We are working towards a system that better meets the complex demands of a growing population, addresses the persistent inequalities experienced by Māori and ensures greater access, experience, and outcomes for those traditionally not well served by the system - Māori, Pacific, and Disabled People.

**Tō tūranga i roto i Te Whatu Ora | Your place in Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora**

**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply