Regional Maternity Immunisation & Engagement Lead

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand

Wellington

On-site

NZD 100,000 - 130,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora invites applications for the Regional Maternity Services Engagement Lead role (Te Ikaroa - NPHS) across the Central region. You will partner with maternity providers, midwives and clinics to grow access to immunisation and strengthen service delivery.

You will lead education, mentoring and vaccine governance, build trusted relationships with Māori, Pacific health providers and primary care, and support clinical standards and immunisation registration processes.

Qualifications

Registered Nurse with Nursing Council of New Zealand registration and APC.
Five+ years post-registration nursing experience.
Fully authorised Whole-of-Life Vaccinator with maternal and childhood immunisation expertise.
Adult teaching qualification or willingness to work towards one; experience in delivering education.
Approved clinical and cold chain assessor with vaccine storage, logistics and QA knowledge.
Strong communication, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement skills across maternity and wider health services.

Responsibilities

Grow and strengthen maternity immunisation services across the Central region (Te Ikaroa).
Provide practical guidance, education and mentoring to maternity teams.
Support vaccine approvals, logistics, inventory and quality assurance.
Contribute to service improvement, risk management and use of the Immunisation Register.
Build trusted relationships with Māori, Pacific health providers, primary care and regional health teams.