Lead a team of Nurse Case Managers and Social Workers in this unique role, focusing on the patient with complex health and social needs together with their family!
About us:
Health New Zealand - Counties Manukau District serves a unique and diverse community. We're the largest employer in South Auckland employing over 9200 amazing staff spread across 23 different sites. We offer secondary-level (hospital and specialist) care and a selected range of community and domiciliary services for the population of Counties Manukau - the area that stretches from Otahuhu to Port Waikato.
About the role:
This role sits within Pacific Health Development which is a unit within the Pacific Health Hospital & Specialist Services Improvement Directorate. The Fanau Ola Manager will have experience to contribute to the management, nursing leadership, innovation and excellence in the delivery of this service within Health New Zealand Counties Manukau.
Fanau Ola also delivers Pacific Cultural Competency Training that contributes to increasing the knowledge around Pacific cultures and improving how we respond and deliver care to our community. This is a full-time role working 40 hours a week Monday to Friday and based at Middlemore Hospital.
About you:
The ideal candidate will need to have:
Registered health professional/clinician with postgraduate tertiary qualification in a relevant area of clinical practice.
Experience in operational management of a clinical and allied health team/service.
Excellent relationship building and management skills.
Excellent skills in working with Pacific patients, families and communities.
Familiar with a patient and whanaau/fanau centred practice approach with strong health literacy and empowerment skills.
What's in it for you?
Work at the largest organisation in New Zealand.
An environment in which you will continue to grow and be challenged.
A chance to join a growing team, an exciting role where no two days will be the same.
A train station outside our front door!
If you have proven people management skills and a commitment to improving healthcare and you share our values of Excellent, Valuing Everyone, Kind, and Together, and want to join us on a journey of achieving health equity for our community, apply now!
To make an application please apply online or to review the position description please click here. For more information about the role please contact Tangi Namulauulu in the Recruitment Centre via email ******.
Position Number: CMH202414392
Closing Date: 22nd October 2024
At Counties Manukau Health people and their lives matter to us. We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to delivering the best health outcomes for our community. To help us achieve this we need a workforce that reflects the population we serve. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds who share our values and have a passion to work in our community and would greatly value seeing applicants from our Maaori and Pacific communities. We are also committed to our Disability Strategy, which focuses on people with disabilities; they are our patients, whaanau, community and our staff - all carefully considered in our action plan. Together we will improve the accessibility needs for everyone who has a disability. Our values are Valuing Everyone- Whakawhanaungatanga, Kind –Manaakitanga, Together –Kotahitanga, Excellent- Rangatiratanga. If these are your values too, then join us today.
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