Professional Development Facilitator – Allied Health, Scientific & Technical (AHST)

Canterbury District Health Board; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 54,000 - 78,000; Part time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a Professional Development Facilitator – AHST to advance education and leadership across the Canterbury and West Coast AHST workforce. Based in Christchurch with flexibility across locations, you will cultivate interprofessional collaboration and build capability through expert facilitation.

You will promote professional development, clinical excellence and evidence-based practice while connecting people and professions to deliver sustainable

Qualifications

• Current NZ Registration and Annual Practising Certificate with an Allied Health professional body.
• Experience with clinical teaching, supervision, staff training and development.
• Strong facilitation, communication, organisational and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work independently and across disciplines.
• Competence with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or commitment to learning.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate professional development initiatives across the Allied Health, Scientific and Technical workforce in Canterbury and the West Coast.
• Identify workforce capability needs and support delivery of high-quality education and development opportunities.
• Promote clinical excellence and evidence-based practice across AHST and build positive relationships.
• Support wider workforce development initiatives aligned to Canterbury and West Coast strategic priorities.

Skills

Facilitation

Coaching and development

Interprofessional collaboration

Clinical teaching/supervision

Communication

Relationship management

Organisational skills

Independent work

NZ health sector knowledge

Te ao Māori competence

Education

Current NZ Registration and Annual Practising Certificate (Allied Health)

Tools

Health record applications

Job description

Professional Development Facilitator – Allied Health, Scientific & Technical (AHST)

• Based at Manawa
• Permanent 0.6FTE (24 hours per week, potential to combine with other clinical/leadership FTE)
• Facilitate professional development programs across the highly skilled AHST workforce

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora isfirmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed tobuilding a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country’s largest employer,delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. We provideessential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+locations from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities.

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders bydelivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

Are you passionate about supporting others to learn, grow and develop? This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Allied Health, Scientific and Technical professional, or someone looking to take the next step in their career, to make a real difference across our workforce. This is a great opportunity to grow your leadership and workforce development experience while helping to build capability across our services.

As Professional Development Facilitator – AHST, you will facilitate professional development initiatives across the Allied Health, Scientific and Technical workforce in Canterbury and the West Coast. You will work collaboratively across professions to identify workforce capability needs and support the delivery of consistent, high-quality education and development opportunities.

A key focus of the role will be drawing on the expertise already within our workforce, connecting people and professions, and supporting innovative approaches to learning and development. Through this work, you will help strengthen workforce capability, encourage interprofessional collaboration and contribute to improved service delivery outcomes.

You’ll also contribute to wider workforce development initiatives, helping ensure our learning and development activities support the strategic direction and priorities of our Canterbury and West Coast services.

This position is based in Christchurch, but the roleholder will be expected to work across multiple locations in Canterbury &the West Coast. We are open to discuss combining this role with a clinical or leadership role to increase overall FTE.

About You

You will have advanced experience and hold a current New Zealand Registration and Annual Practicing Certificate with an Allied Health professional body. You will bring proven experience in building high-performing teams throughcoaching and development, and a passion for creating an inclusive and engaging workplacewhere people are supported to contribute, grow, and succeed.

As a Professional Development Facilitator, you'll will promote professional development, clinicalexcellence and evidence-based practice across AHST, building positive relationships while working collaboratively to deliver sustainable outcomes.

• Experiencewith clinical teaching/supervision, training and development of staff
• Experiencemaking judgements in complex situations where there is incomplete informationor solutions are not obvious.
• Strongfacilitation, communication, organisational and relationship management skills
• Ability towork independently and across disciplines.
• Demonstratedknowledge for the NZ health sector.
• Competencein a variety of administration and health record applications
• Competency with te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori or a commitment to starting your journey and taking ownership of your learning and growth

Working at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuringexcellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce thatis diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand andservice our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori,Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

To be eligible for this role you must hold the legal right to work and live in New Zealand you do not hold the legal right to live and work in New Zealand your application will be declined.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process before the closing date of this advert therefore we encourage you to apply early.