Advisor Primary-Secondary Integration

Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth
Permanent, up to 0.6 FTE (24 hours per week negotiable)1.Looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the delivery of health services in Taranaki?2.Do you want to influence the key strategic issues affecting the integration of primary and secondary services?
This position will be responsible for facilitating communication, information flows and co-ordination between primary and secondary health sectors to achieve better management of patients according to agreed standards for access, timeliness, safety and quality of care.
You will support the Planning & Funding team to determine, develop and implement key primary lensed projects or initiatives, have involvement in the set-up and functions of the Community Health Integration Centre (CHIC) and support the development of Health Pathways from a Secondary Care perspective.
This position will provide you with the opportunity to assist in:
the development of specific projects and initiatives to integrate the primary and secondary health sectors;
informing the primary sector about services available/funded and those not available within the secondary sector

And:
- improve the quality and appropriateness of Primary Care requests for specialist assistance
- enhance the capacity of primary care to manage patients' plan of care
- provide input into the development and enhancement of hospital standards of practice improve communication processes between primary/secondary clinicians, patients and their whanau/families
To be successful you will must:
be registered in an appropriate medical vocational scope of practice with a valid annual practising certificate and hold current medical indemnity
have experience in Primary Care settings and be conversant with Secondary Care services.
be clinically up to date in relation to medical practice and ideally still undertaking clinical practice.

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In Taranaki, it is easy to achieve an enviable lifestyle without having to compromise your career path. The region's amazing mountain, rivers, lakes, fantastic coastline and outstanding surfing and tramping opportunities, masses of parks and gardens, as well as a major events calendar, make it a great place to live and work.
The Taranaki District Health Board is a large organisation (2,000 staff, $345m cost-centre) operating in the exciting, changing Health sector.
To make an application click on "Apply Online" within this page.
For more information you can contact Gillian Campbell, Chief Operating Officer- Email: **********
Closing date for applications is 12 April 2019, though should we appoint earlier we will close the vacancy.