Hours - 1.0FTE (40 hours a week)
Shift - Monday to Friday, 8am - 5pm
Status - Permanent
Salary - $72,074 to $86,719
Location - Based at Burwood Hospital
Essential - A Full NZ driver licence
Mo te tunga | About the role
When you work with the Health NZ Te Whatu Ora, you are part of something very special. We plan, fund and deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. Our primary goal is to put people at the heart of everything we do.
The Team: What we do
Health NZ Waitaha Canterbury's Community Dental Service provides dental services to nearly 90,000 children aged 0-13 in Canterbury and South Canterbury and supports our colleagues on the West Coast. There are 110 front-line clinical staff who work with modern equipment in 22 mobile dental units and 13 dental clinics.
When children commence their secondary school education their oral health care is provided by private dentists. This full time, permanent Regional Coordinator role supports and coordinates the transfer of children to their new provider and promotion of oral care across the community. The Regional Coordinator is integral to the success of our service by supporting students to enrol and attend dental appointments, ensuring ongoing participation of all adolescents, particularly those in at risk groups.
The Role: Where you fit in
In this role, you will be responsible for:
Coordinating oral health promotion initiatives to ensure that adolescents and their family/whanau are aware of the publicly-funded services that are available, and are actively participating in these services (e.g. enrolled with a dentist, attending annual oral health checks, etc.);
Planning and implementing strategies to actively address inequities of access, ensuring that all adolescents including at risk groups have equal opportunity to participate in oral health care services;
Contributing to other oral health promotion activities engaged in by Community Dental Services.
Nga pukenga me nga wheako | Skills and experience
Your skills will include:
The ability to build rapport with consumers and their family/whanau, Maori and Pacifica organisations as well as developing and nurturing relationships with education providers and other oral health services;
Developing links with local Maori and Pacific health providers to improve the uptake and participation in oral health services by Maori and Pacific adolescents, and endeavouring to incorporate Maori and Pacific principles/tikanga into the coordination services;
Experience working with adolescents, and the ability to relate well to this age group;
Intermediate Excel skills to support information handling and data analysis;
Proven experience in producing written work, including developing business/service plans to a high standard;
Relevant tertiary qualification (for example: public health, health promotion, oral health).
Mo matou | About Us
Ko nga tangata, te matua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all we do
We are committed to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Maori are at the forefront of all our conversations. We believe in improving, promoting, and protecting the health and well-being of the Canterbury and the West Coast community.
The culture at Health NZ Waitaha Canterbury is driven by our a Matou Uara (Our Values):
Care and respect for others - Manaaki me te whakaute i te tangata.
Integrity in all we do - Hapai i a matou mahi katoa i runga i te pono.
Responsibility for outcomes - Te Takohanga i nga hua.
Nga hua | Benefits of working at Health NZ
When you work at Health NZ, you are part of a wider whanau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and businesses. At Health NZ, you are part of something greater than yourself and encouraged to be your unique self.
Tono inaianei | Apply Now
Only applications submitted via our career site will be accepted; therefore, apply directly on our career site here. Contact Kerri McCarthy on ****** for additional information.
Please visit our careers website for other roles and find your ideal fit within the Health NZ Waitaha Canterbury.
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