Share Expertise. Empower Whānau. Strengthen Hauora.

Are you a registered health professional passionate about improving health outcomes for whānau Māori? Do you enjoy translating complex health information into practical, understandable advice that helps people make informed decisions about their wellbeing?

This is an opportunity to bring your clinical expertise into a whānau-centred kaupapa, combining direct clinical support with preventative health education, clinical quality and culturally safe practice.

We’re seeking an experienced and whānau-focused clinician to support the safe and effective delivery of Te Ara o Hauora. Working directly with whānau and alongside our wider hauora team, you’ll help ensure clinical advice, health information and programme activities are evidence-informed, accessible, culturally safe and delivered within appropriate professional scope.

This is a fixed-term, part-time position working approximately 11.25 hours per week, with contracts ending 30 Pipiri 2027 | 30 June 2027.

Ngā whakamahuki mō tēnei tūranga | About the role

This role is responsible for strengthening the clinical quality and impact of Te Ara o Hauora through:

Providing individualised clinical advice and guidance to whānau within your professional scope of practice.
Helping whānau understand health conditions, risk factors, screening results and preventative health options.
Undertaking appropriate clinical assessment and responding to whānau health questions where indicated.
Identifying concerns requiring further assessment, investigation or treatment and supporting appropriate referral.
Reviewing wānanga content, resources and health messages to ensure they are clinically accurate and evidence-informed.
Developing and maintaining appropriate clinical protocols, referral pathways, risk controls and escalation processes.
Working alongside Kaituitui to make health information practical, accessible and culturally grounded.
Participating in whānau wānanga and providing direct clinical input where appropriate.
Identifying and coordinating specialist clinicians and health expertise relevant to whānau needs.
Maintaining relationships with primary, secondary and allied health providers.
Supporting programme evaluation by identifying meaningful clinical indicators and interpreting health outcomes.
Contributing clinical insights to the ongoing development and improvement of the programme.

You’ll play an important role in helping whānau understand their health, recognise opportunities for preventative action and make informed decisions about their hauora, while helping ensure the wider programme is clinically safe, consistent and effective.

Ōu pūkenga me ōu pūmanawa | What will you bring to the iwi?

Essential

A recognised clinical qualification relevant to the advice and assessment requirements of the role.
Current registration with the relevant New Zealand health professional regulatory authority, where your profession is regulated.
A current annual practising certificate where required.
Professional indemnity insurance covering the clinical responsibilities undertaken through the programme.
Current clinical experience providing advice, assessment and referral within your professional scope.
Knowledge of preventative health, screening, common long-term conditions and risk-factor management.
The ability to explain complex health information clearly and support informed choice.
Experience managing clinical records, consent, confidentiality and safe referral or escalation.
The ability to work effectively with whānau Māori and contribute to culturally safe practice.
Strong professional judgement, communication, collaboration and boundary management.
The ability to travel across Te Tauihu and contribute to occasional evening or weekend wānanga.

Preferred

Postgraduate study or professional development in preventative health, primary care, public health, long-term condition management or Māori health.
Training in clinical education, health coaching, motivational interviewing or group facilitation.
Experience working in Māori health, community health, primary care, health promotion or whānau-centred programmes.
Experience developing clinical protocols, referral pathways, education resources or quality-assurance processes.
Experience supporting evaluation or interpreting health outcomes.
Established relationships with health services and clinical networks across Te Tauihu.
Te reo Māori capability.

Ngā painga o tēnei mahi | What we offer

Meaningful mahi that contributes directly to improving the hauora and wellbeing of Ngāti Kuia whānau.
The opportunity to use your clinical expertise in a preventative and whānau-centred kaupapa.
A unique role combining direct clinical advice, health education, quality assurance and programme development.
The opportunity to work alongside whānau, Kaituitui, kaupapa Māori practitioners and other health professionals.
The ability to help shape practical and culturally grounded approaches to preventative health.
A collaborative and values-driven environment grounded in tikanga, manaakitanga and whanaungatanga.
The chance to contribute your professional expertise while workingpart-time at approximately 11.25 hours per week.

Kua rite? | Ready to Help Strengthen Whānau Hauora?

Join us and bring your clinical expertise to a kaupapa focused on helping whānau better understand their health, identify preventative opportunities and make informed decisions about their wellbeing.

If you’re a clinician who values culturally safe practice, clear communication and putting whānau at the centre of health conversations, we’d love to hear from you.

Ko Wai Mātou? | About us

Ngāti Kuia are the descendants of the oldest people of Te Tauihu o Te Waka a Māui. We are the descendants of Māui, Kupe and Matuahautere.

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kuia is the Post Settlement Governance Entity for Ngāti Kuia, working to advance the aspirations of our iwi by strengthening whānau wellbeing, supporting our marae and communities, protecting and restoring our taiao, and supporting the intergenerational prosperity of our people.

Pou He Tāngata supports the hauora, wellbeing and development of Ngāti Kuia whānau through practical, whānau-centred initiatives. The pou works alongside whānau, iwi networks, marae, health practitioners, community organisations and funding partners to strengthen access to information, capability and services across Te Tauihu.