Associate Director of Allied Health Scientific

**Palmerston North Hospital, Permanent Fulltime**
Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua | MidCentral is offering an exciting opportunity for a passionate allied health clinician to advance their professional leadership journey. This role is ideal for individuals from a scientific and technical allied health background who are ready to take the next step in leadership.

Reporting directly to the Chief Allied Health, Scientific & Technical, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader with a proactive, “can-do” attitude to join our team.

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**

**Key responsibilities of the role**:

- Supporting the Chief Allied Health, Scientific & Technical in meeting key organisational priorities
- Providing activities to support strategic leadership for allied health scientific & technical workforces that spans across disciplines and divisions working across the MidCentral sites.
- Optimising allied health's involvement and contribution to models of care leading workforce development, clinical programmes and initiatives, or new models of care relevant to allied health, scientific & technical across the system and providing a strong collective voice for allied health workforces
- Contribute to growing and developing front-line clinical leadership, actively supporting leadership capability improvements and enabling clinicians and teams within the organisation to make good decisions as close to the patient/client as possible
- Contribute to and support a programme to grow the workforce and will be integral in the sustainability of the Gateway programme.
- Supports system change and work collaboratively across the divisions and service providers to support and influence the role allied health, scientific & technical plays in better outcomes for communities
- Strategic function supporting the organisation and division leadership to ensure clinical governance is embedded within Allied Health, Technical and Scientific professions

**About the Team/Service**

Employing over 2500 people, MidCentral offers a supportive work environment that accepts and values all employees. We actively seek Māori kaimahi into our workforce and provide an environment which delivers our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

MidCentral region offers an excellent lifestyle for families with scenic spots for hiking and mountain-biking, great schools and tertiary institutions. With the mountains, city and sea at your doorstep, you'll get to taste the best of both worlds - the perfect blend of rural and city living.

**About the Location**

**Manawatū is known for its effortless blend of city and rural living; here you can choose your ideal lifestyle, from peaceful rural villages, to bustling townships, or city life.** It's a family-friendly place that's easy to live and work, with easy access to an array of outdoor activities - beaches, ski fields, lakes, mountains, as well as fantastic mountain biking and hiking tracks. No traffic and an easy commute to work, really help a with true work-life balance. Our fantastic central location means exploring other parts of New Zealand is easy as a drive or a short flight. We are well served with excellent schooling options, as well as two tertiary institutes - Massey University and the International Pacific College.

For more information on living and working in the Manawatu click here

**About you**

To be considered appropriate for this role, you will be able to demonstrate:

- An appropriate qualification for the particular allied health scientific & technical profession (preferred)
- Registration with applicable regulatory body
- A current annual practicing certificate in relevant discipline or membership of relevant association where profession is not governed by the HPCAA
- A Relevant postgraduate professional qualification and have at least 5 years' demonstrated leadership experience
- Awareness of equity or access issues affecting our communities across the sector including, but not limited to Māori Health
- Contribute to regional or national work projects as delegated
- Active participation in relevant discipline conferences, presenting papers and/or posters
- Experience in having worked in a leadership role and part of a wider leadership team
- Evidence in leading and managing change (process enhancements)
- A thorough understanding of the function of the allied health scientific and technical groups and their challenges
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills

**Working at Health New Zealand**

**How to Apply**

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected employees will be given preference and priority for this position.