Starship Whānau Voice and Community Engagement, Starship Children's Health

Nau mai, haere mai ki Starship Child Health!

We have an exciting opportunity for a Tamariki/Mokopuna/Whānau Voice and Community Engagement role within Starship Children’s Health!

• Stimulating role that is kaupapa driven – tamaAriki mokopuna ora

• Facilitate Tamariki/mokopuna, whānau and community voice to codesign service improvement within Starship Child Health

• Contribute to transformational change within Starship Children’s Health

• Permanent, full-time role

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

The Tamariki/Mokopuna/Whānau Voice and Community Engagement role (TMWCV) will develop, implement, and lead Starship’s tamaAriki, mokopuna and whānau community engagement programme (Te Oro). The role will provide guidance within Starship Child Health to ensure that mokopuna, whānau and community voices are central to service development, quality improvement, research, and innovation. The role will develop and foster strong relationships with whānau and community, and ensure their voices are heard authentically. The role will also mentor and educate clinicians on how to safely engage to co-design service improvements.

The Te Oro programme will meet Starship’s responsibilities and obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and enact the Starship Rautaki. The TMWCV position will work closely with TamaAriki Ora and the wider Māori Health Team to ensure alignment and collaboration on key elements of the programme to collectively address child health inequities. This programme of work will directly support our organisational strategic objectives encouraging the system to be mokopuna, whānau focused and whānau led. The role will provide oversight, advice and leadership and be a critical enabler of Starship’s whānau engagement-related strategy and activities to support service improvement.

For all aspects of this role and the experience/knowledge required please see the Position Description

For more information about this role or for a confidential discussion about the position please Toni Shepherd, Māori Health Director for Starship Child Health via email TShepherd@adhb.govt.nz

Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills
As an experienced community and whānau voice specialist, you will have:

· Previous experience working in a consumer role within a health and disability service, where networking and engaging with whānau and stakeholders is a key component of the work. 

· Understanding of the health equity issues facing Māori.

· Understanding of quality improvement and safety issues facing mokopuna, whānau and communities.

· Knowledge and understanding of the complexities around mokopuna, whānau and community experiences of the health and disability system.

· Well-developed organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines whilst preserving the highest level of accuracy and confidentiality. 

· An understanding of your Kawa and Tikanga

· A commitment to building an understanding of Te Reo, although fluency in Te Reo would be an advantage.

· Understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its role in the quality and safety of the health system.

 Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We are part of Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

Starship Hospital and the Child Health Directorate is a dedicated paediatric healthcare service and major national teaching centre. Starship provides a wide range of complex medical, surgical, cardiac and mental health services for children and young people throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific, using a whānau-centred approach. Starship aims to lead the nation in the provision of world-class equitable healthcare, paediatric training and research, in an environment where kaimahi can flourish, personally and professionally.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
Please submit your application online, outlining your experience and motivation to apply to this role.

To view details about our recruitment process, click here.

If you have any queries about accessibility or technical issues with the online process, please contact Honey Pillai - Recruitment Consultant at HPillai@adhb.govt.nz and quote ADHB20785 to discuss how we can best support your application.

If we receive a high number of applications for this position, we may have to close our advertising early. We recommend that you submit your application as early as possible.

Advert Closes: 6 May 2024