Programme Leader (Academic) – Tairāwhiti -2400415
DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES About our team/Mō te tīma The University runs two complex rural immersion (CRI) programmes of learning, one in Tairāwhiti and the other in Greymouth. The programmes are supported by dedicated funding from the Te Whatu Ora Health NZ (Health Workforce Directorate). This role is based in Tairāwhiti. The programme is clinically based, focusing on four pillars of learning: interprofessional collaboration, rural health, Hauora Māori and long-term conditions. Five rotations a year are offered for senior health professional students, including – but not necessarily limited to - dietetics, dentistry, medicine, nursing, oral health, paramedicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, social work and speech language therapy. The aim of the programme is to bring pre-registration final-year students together from a wide range of health and social care disciplines, and institutions, to learn how to provide high-quality, safe, culturally appropriate, team-based, person-centered care. Students complete discipline-specific and interprofessional placements and other interprofessional and rural health learning in their five-week rotational block. Students are primarily attached to clinical providers in Gisborne, but also travel more widely to experience the challenges and solutions to providing health and social care in a rural setting. The role/Te mahi Our programme is seeking an experienced health or social care professional to take up the role of Programme Leader, possibly alongside a clinical or other role. The successful candidate should have a keen interest in health professional education with strong Hauora Māori, iwi and community knowledge, and excellent coordination and teamwork skills. The Programme Leader role is supported by a Deputy Programme Leader who works .3FTE and a fulltime Programme Administrator/Coordinator. Key tasks of this role include: Professional Practice Fellow activities include: Your skills and experience/Kā pūkeka me kā wheako This role will suit a health or social care professional with experience in education, who possibly holds a part-time clinical role, and is a well-respected leader in and beyond the relevant professional community. The successful candidate will also have: Further details/Pūroko This is a permanent, part-time (0.5FTE) position. There is some flexibility depending on other work commitments and hours of work are negotiable with the successful candidate. The successful candidate will be required to work Fridays and Mondays throughout each of the five 5-week blocks, as these days are essential for IPE teaching and student activities. Appointment will be made at an appropriate step on the University of Otago Senior Professional Practice Fellow salary scale 3 ($98,640 to $107,300) or 4 ($112,483 to $128,305) pro rata, depending on the candidate’s qualifications and experience. You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand to apply for this role. This position requires the successful candidate to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, as the role will be based in Te Whatu Ora Tairāwhiti (Learning Centre, Gisborne Hospital). We are committed to equity, and we value the benefits that diversity brings to our work and our community. For further information please contact Associate Professor Eileen McKinlay, IPE Director, via the contact details below. Application/Tono Candidates are requested to submit the following: To submit an application please click the apply button. Applications quoting reference number 2400415 will close on Monday, 13 May 2024. Applications will be reviewed as submitted. The University reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time. Additional Information Note: As a part-time position, the salary range for this role will be the pro-rata equivalent of the annual full-time salary range listed. Contact: Associate Professor Eileen McKinlay Tel: +64 27 248 1965 Position details: Information Statement Guidelines for Academic Positions: Guidelines Further Information: Department Website Create an email with a link to this vacancy: Create email
INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME
• Working closely with the Director of the IPE Centre and liaising with key stakeholders regarding the initiation, promotion and functioning of the programme.
• Utilising educational expertise and educational resources to implement the interprofessional education programme.
• Fostering and further developing effective relationships and appropriate agreements with iwi and other stakeholders in the region.
• Ensuring the delivery of the curriculum in conjunction with the Deputy Programme Leader, and the Programme Administrator/Coordinator.
• In conjunction with the Programme Administrator/Coordinator: secure and support discipline-specific clinical placements and interprofessional placements, assure programme quality, and ensure student hours are completed.
• Training and supporting clinical placement provider staff to provide both discipline-specific and interprofessional learning in clinical workplaces.
• Supporting and facilitating learning for students while on clinical placements in relation to their own and each other’s discipline principles and practice.
• Ensuring student pastoral care issues, concerns, and complaints are quickly, sensitively and appropriately managed.
• Providing in-programme assessment and feedback to students.
• Maintaining own practice (clinical, education, research if so desired) in a health or social care profession, demonstrating knowledge of technical developments and involvement with professional organisations relating to the practice, as well as key current and future health issues for Māori, nationally and locally.
• An understanding of and/or willingness to learn the principles of interprofessional education (IPE) and interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP), and their application.
• Maintaining an awareness of research/teaching developments in the IPE field and interprofessional educational principles.
• As appropriate to the region, maintaining cultural protocols and integrity of Māori principles and values, demonstrating knowledge of cultural developments and involvement with professional organisations and the local iwi.
• A tertiary qualification(s) in a health or social care profession.
• An understanding and appreciation of the principles of the te Tiriti o Waitangi.
• Cultural competency and ability to work effectively with a wide range of people.
• An ability and commitment to working interprofessionally with students and colleagues across a range of health and social care professional disciplines.
• Educational experience using online learning platforms and resources.
• An appreciation of rural values in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand
• Self-motivation and capability to undertake project planning, and management.
• Experience supervising and managing staff.
• The ability to complete high-quality work within tight timeframes.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• The ability to be flexible and demonstrate maturity of judgement.
• A letter of application, clearly stating what you consider you would bring to the role.
• A CV, including employment history.
• 3-4 referee contact details, including telephone number and email address.
Primary Location
NZL-North Island
Employment Status
Permanent
Salary Level and Range
Senior Teaching & Professional Practice Fellow 3 ($98,640 to $107,300) or 4 ($112,483 to $128,305)
Organisation
Health Sciences Divisional Office
Job Function
Teaching
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