• Contribute to transforming the future of public health intelligence in this key clinical leadership role
• Location: National or Regional NPHS Office
• Permanent, Full-time role
  Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Extensive clinical experience and relevant sub-specialty expertise such as public health (medicine, nursing or other clinical practitioner), infectious disease, general practice, with special interest in public health analytics, epidemiology, or informatics, and with appropriate tertiary level professional qualification
• Hold a current Annual Practising Certificate as a health practitioner
• Significant experience in using data and intelligence products to improve health outcomes, reduce inequities and improve the health of communities. Including experience in analysis and presentation of health data
• Proven ability to tailor complex messages to a range of audiences including clinical, government, executive/senior managers and the public
• In-depth understanding of New Zealand cultures, communities and perspectives on public health
• In-depth understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Health NZ’s role in improving outcomes for Māori, and in particular the role of data in achieving health and social equity
• Knowledge and experience of public health approaches that impact on health inequities
• Experience managing a team in a complex environment with diverse stakeholders, including solid experience in coaching, mentoring and managing people

We have an opportunity for a Clinical Director to join our Intelligence team in a key leadership role. As a member of the Intelligence Leadership Team and Intelligence directorate of the National Public Health Service, this position has shared accountability for the analytic and intelligence products for workstreams within NPHS. The Intelligence Directorate is a population and public health operational Intelligence team that is nationally and regionally networked, and collaborative across organisations and agencies.
We have three core responsibilities: to lead, coordinate, oversee and deliver actionable information and insights to support public health services and programmes; to drive system-level uplift to support high quality data and analytics services; and to lead and inform decision-making by anticipating future health challenges and potential options for intervention.
This is a hugely exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of our technological advances in public health intelligence, and leverage from our new NPHS data platform and the opportunities of integrated datasets. The primary purpose of role is to provide senior clinical leadership to the Intelligence team and function to enable the delivery of NPHS strategic agenda working toward Pae Ora (Healthy Futures). You will provide strategic and system-level advice and guidance to the Director and leadership team with respect to public health intelligence, and information systems. You will also manage the clinical team; ensuring the requirements of the directorate are met across multiple portfolios and manage partner relationships.