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Advanced Clinician - Diabetes Podiatrist - Foot Protection Service
Nau mai, haere mai ki Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Taranaki
Taranaki Whanui He Rohe Oranga - Taranaki Together, A Healthy Community
Te Kaupapa – Mission
Improving, promoting, protecting and caring for the health and wellbeing of the people of Taranaki.
We are looking for people that share our vision by providing the best care for our people and our community. We have a responsibility to see the whole picture, the whole community, in terms of health and to support everyone working in Taranaki to do the best job they can in a world of constant change.
Taranaki - A place like no other
Taranaki boasts some of New Zealand’s most iconic natural landscapes like Mt Taranaki and many adventure activities. The rugged and wild coastline is home to more than 12 world-class surf breaks. Taranaki is a place where you can ski and surf in the same day. For a more relaxing experience, there are many walks (bush, coastal or mountain) as well as art trails, festivals and award-winning museums and galleries and a thriving café culture. Click here to read more information about Taranaki.
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E pā ana ki a tatou - About us
At Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Taranaki we are committed to recognising the value our people bring to our organisation within a supportive team of healthcare professionals that provide comprehensive care to our patients.
We believe having workforce that is diverse and inclusive, we are a pro-equity Health Organisation and this means that we will be better positioned to understand and serve our community.
When you choose to work with us, we will offer you:
· A comprehensive orientation and induction to our organisation and your department
· Access to clinical training and education
· Up to date facilities, Have a look at
· Project Maunga - our New Facilities currently under construction check this out on our website www.tdhb.org/maunga.shtml
· Opportunities to participate on local project and regional collaboration teams
· Professional development
Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
Advanced Clinician – Podiatry / Foot Protection Service
The Advanced Clinician in Podiatry is responsible for providing the clinical leaderships of the podiatry service and foot protection service.
This leadership role is pivotal to ensuring the quality and effectiveness of the Taranaki Foot Protection Service. This includes having a strong focus on equity, improving foot health outcomes, system performance and clinical quality. The role will require sector leadership, strong evidence based clinical practice and high levels of initiative and relationship development across the diabetes workforce.
This role works collaboratively as part of a collective of health providers in the Taranaki region who are committed to improving health outcomes and health equity for people living with diabetes (PWD) and their support people/whanau. The role also works as part of the Diabetes Integrated team (DIT) of which this teams’ functions are to provide:
· Comprehensive Clinical & Psychosocial Intervention - Providing clinical expertise and psychosocial support to directly manage patients with diabetes with the aim of discharging them back to primary care as appropriate.
· Enhancement & Capability Support - Provide support, education and training for both health professionals and patients, guided by the needs of primary care and Māori providers, to ensure patients with diabetes receive high quality and consistent clinical care and health information.
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Moū - About you
In this exciting leadership opportunity, you will be expected to:
- - Provide leadership and direction across the podiatry and foot protection service.
- - Ensure optimum service delivery, systems and use of resources.
- - Drive delivery of high-quality patient care and customer service to both internal and external customers.
- - Strive to eliminate health inequalities and achieve health equity for the Taranaki population.
- Demonstrate previous leadership experience with minimum 6 years clinical experience including management of diabetic population and clinical leadership.
We have up to 1.4FTE available and encourage applicants, even those that may not meet all the criteria, to apply for consideration.
Do you share in our vision, our values and will ensure our patients feel supported and cared for throughout their journey with us?
If you want to make an application click on "Apply Online" from within this page.
For further information, please contact Brenda Szabo on Email: Brenda.szabo@tdhb.org.nz
Applications Close: 8 December 2024
Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai
By joining together, we will succeed
Job details
Job Reference: | TAR05525 | |
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Job type: | Permanent Full time | |
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Closes: | 08-Dec-2024 | |
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