Locality Care Coordinator & Kaiawhina

Nelson Bays Primary Health (NBPH) is the Primary Health Organisation for the Nelson Tasman region. NBPH promotes and supports quality community health services, with an emphasis on keeping people healthy. Our vision is “Healthy people… healthy workforce…. healthy community” – Kia piki te ora o ngā tāngata katoa.

We are looking for a special person to fill the role of:

Locality Care Coordinator & Kaiawhina

Full time: 80 hours per fortnight

Fixed term: Parental Leave Cover

Are you a skilled, culturally competent healthcare professional with excellent organisation, communication, and relationship management skills?

This is a unique and exciting combined role, available for an anticipated six month period to cover parental leave of a permanent team member. 

A Locality Care Coordinator contributes to the Locality Care Coordination Team which is based in Nelson. By strengthening coordinated care, people are much more likely to be identified and provided with the right level of support for their needs. Therefore, the purpose of the Locality Care Coordination Team is to help provide an embedded and coordinated approach to people’s health care delivery by connecting with Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora teams, NGO’s, community organisations, social services, and General Practices teams within the locality.  This role is also an opportunity to enhance health equity by supporting effective delivery of health services to priority populations.

We require the successful applicant to:

·         Have a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience in health

·         Be experienced in health services collaboration and coordination

·         Experience working in a care coordination or an MDT or IDT model of healthcare delivery

·         Have cultural competency to support our diverse community

·         Experience using new information technology

·         Can demonstrate sound problem-solving skills and is solution focused

·         Positive attitude with a realistic outlook

·         Energetic and motivated, demonstrating flair and initiative

·         A good sense of humor

·         Takes ownership of own decisions in order to meet responsibilities of the role

·         Works from a strong values base

Vacancy Open until filled.  Applications will be reviewed regularly.

For a copy of the Job Description and to submit your application please follow the links below:

For more information or queries please contact:  hr@nbph.org.nz

Please note the successful candidate must:

1.       be eligible to work in NZ (NZ residency or valid NZ work permit)

2.       receive a satisfactory police check

3.       hold a full and current driver’s licence