Te Omanga Hospice is a charitable trust that provides specialist palliative care to patients and their whanau in the Hutt Valley living with a life-limiting or terminal illness.
Our vision is that everyone with palliative needs in our community receives equitable, responsive, and proactive care.
We hold our values close to our heart, with respect, partnership, compassion and learning at the core of everything we do.?
We celebrate different perspectives and are committed to creating an equal and inclusive workplace.
The community we support is diverse, and it is important to us that diversity is reflected in the team here at Te Omanga.??
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION To provide clinical palliative care education to volunteers, external & internal providers and community agencies, to increase the knowledge, innovation and competence in the community.
To provide patients, family and whanau education to assist with their understanding and acceptance.
To provide a public health approach to palliative care through education that engages and enables our communities to manage and understanding dying at home, in hospital, in aged residential care or in hospice.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES Organise, facilitate and review education programmes, workshops, webinars for external stakeholders – including workshops for identified need such as syringe driver training.
Promote the implementation of evidence based guidelines with external stakeholders.
Organise, facilitate and review education programmes for organizations and individuals in the community.
To facilitate the Link Programme for external providers.
Maintain relationships with External Stakeholders (including Maori and Pacific engagement).
Develop, facilitate and review patient/family/whanau education support programmes.
Lead the development of the bi-annual conference.
Ensure all education programmes meet the required Standards for organizational accreditation.
Ensure that all modes of learning are appropriately incorporated in the education programmes that are being developed.
Work with Manager Volunteer Services to identify training needs for the volunteer team.
Support the Clinical Nurse Educator (In Service) to develop, facilitilate and review edcuation programmes.
Work with the Clinical Nurse Educator (In Service) for design content and delivery of education to ensure alignment internally and externally.
Contribute actively to research and education policy and practice.
Ensure a Compassionate Communities lens is applied to education provided, particulary in regards to engagement with diverse communities.
Ensure all programmes meet Te Tiriti o Waitangi requirements.
PERSON SPECIFICATION Knowledge, Skills and Experience Demonstrated skill as an educator and have up to date expert knowledge of specialist palliative care and adult education.
Demonstrate ability in facilitiation, problem solving, project management, decision making and an ability to manage change.
Has the ability to demonstrate an expert knowledge base, complex decision making skills and clinical competencies.
Demonstrate ability in educational programme design and administration.
Demonstrate networking skills.
Professional Requirements Required to be either a Registered Nurse with NZNC and has a current Annual Practicing Certificate or other registered Health Professional with relevant Practicing Certificate Extensive Post Graduate experience in palliative care.
Applications close on 15 November.