CENTRE FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES The University runs two Complex Rural Immersion (CRI) programmes of learning, one in Tairawhiti and the other in Te Tai o Poutini – West Coast.
The programmes are supported by dedicated funding from the Te Whatu Ora Health NZ (Health Workforce Directorate).
This role is based in Tairawhiti. The programme is clinically based, focusing on four pillars of learning: interprofessional collaboration, rural health, Hauora Maori and long-term conditions.
Five rotations a year are offered for 10-15 senior health professional students per rotation, including – but not necessarily limited to – audiology, dietetics, dentistry, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, oral health, paramedicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry, social work, speech language therapy, and social work.
Students live in shared accommodation during the programme.
The aim of the programme is to bring pre-registration final-year students together from a wide range of health and social care disciplines, and institutions, to learn how to provide high-quality, safe, culturally appropriate, team-based, person-centered care.
Students complete discipline-specific and interprofessional placements and other interprofessional and rural health learning in their five-week rotational block.
Students are primarily attached to clinical providers in Gisborne, but also travel more widely to experience the challenges and solutions to providing health and social care in a regional/rural setting.
The role/Te mahi Our programme is seeking an experienced health or social care professional.
The role is supported by a Deputy Programme Leader who works 0.3FTE and a full-time Programme Coordinator.
Key tasks include: Working closely with the Director of the IPE Centre and the CRI Programme Manager (both remote located) and liaising with key stakeholders regarding the initiation, promotion and functioning of the programme.Utilising educational expertise and educational resources to implement the interprofessional education programme.Fostering and further developing effective relationships and appropriate agreements with iwi and other stakeholders in the region.Ensuring the delivery of the curriculum in conjunction with the Deputy Programme Leader and the Programme Coordinator.Securing and supporting discipline-specific clinical and interprofessional placements, assuring programme quality, and student hours are completed, in conjunction with the Programme Coordinator.Training and supporting clinical placement provider staff to provide both discipline-specific and interprofessional learning in clinical workplaces.Supporting and facilitating learning for students while on clinical placements.Ensuring student pastoral care issues, concerns, and complaints are quickly, sensitively and appropriately managed.Providing in-programme assessment and feedback to students.Professional Practice Fellow activities include: Maintaining own practice (clinical, education, research if so desired) in a health or social care profession, demonstrating knowledge of technical developments and involvement with professional organisations relating to the practice, as well as key current and future health issues for Maori, nationally and locally.An understanding of and/or willingness to learn the principles of interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP), and their application.Maintaining an awareness of research/teaching developments in the IPE field and interprofessional educational principles.As appropriate to the region, maintaining cultural protocols and integrity of Maori principles and values, demonstrating knowledge of cultural developments and involvement with professional organisations and the local iwi.The successful candidate should have a keen interest in health professional education, excellent coordination and teamwork skills, and strong community connections and Hauora Maori, and iwi knowledge.
Candidates must hold current registration as a health or social care professional, with membership of a relevant professional body where required.
This role will suit a health or social care professional with experience in education, who is a well-respected leader in and beyond the relevant professional community.
They may hold another part-time clinical or another role.
The successful candidate will also have:
A tertiary qualification(s) in a health or social care profession.An understanding, appreciation and support of the principles of the te Tiriti o Waitangi.Cultural competency and ability to work effectively with a wide range of people.An ability and commitment to working interprofessionally with students and colleagues across a range of health and social care professional disciplines.Educational experience using online learning platforms and resources.An appreciation of rural values in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand.Self-motivation and capability to undertake project planning and management.Experience supervising and managing staff.The ability to complete high-quality work within tight timeframes.Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.The ability to be flexible and demonstrate maturity of judgement.This is a fixed term (10 month), part-time (0.5FTE) position until 31 December 2025.
There is some flexibility depending on other work commitments and hours of work are negotiable with the successful candidate. The successful candidate will be required to work Mondays and Fridays throughout each of the five 5-week blocks, as these days are essential for IPE teaching and student activities and will need to be able to attend a noho marae and provide some afterhours teaching/liaison for each block of students.
There is flexibility regarding the balance of the time worked.
Appointment will be made at an appropriate step on the University of Otago Senior Professional Practice Fellow salary scale pro rata, depending on the candidate's qualifications and experience.
The salary range for a Senior Professional Practice Fellow is $102,092 to $132,796 (pro rata).
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand to apply for this role.
The role is based at Te Whatu Ora Tairawhiti (Learning Centre, Gisborne Hospital) and the applicant will be required to adhere to any Te Whatu Ora Tairawhiti vaccination requirements.
We are committed to equity, and we value the benefits that diversity brings to our work and our community.
Application/Tono Candidates are requested to submit the following:
A letter of application, clearly stating what you consider you would bring to the role.A CV, including employment history.3-4 referee contact details, including telephone number and email address.To submit an application please click the apply button.
Applications quoting reference number 2401972 will close on Sunday, 26 January 2025.
Applications will be reviewed as submitted.
The University reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time.
Additional Information Note: As a part-time position, the salary range for this role will be the pro-rata equivalent of the annual full-time salary range listed. Salary Level and Range Please see information above.
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