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Health Care Assistant – Primary Health Care

Turuki Health Care is a kaupapa Māori organisation delivering integrated health, wellbeing and social services across the Tāmaki Makaurau region. We provide quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare and support to whānau.
  
Te whiwhinga mahi - The opportunity
  
We are looking for a dedicated Health Care Assistant to join our Panmure clinic team. You will work closely with our team of Administrators, General Practitioners and Registered Nurses to ensure patients and whānau receive expert care. This is a full-time position where you will work rostered shifts between 8.00am and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday.
  
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include checking our patients’ vital signs, entering their information into our database, ensuring the triage bay is stocked with the appropriate equipment and assisting our team with administrative support. You will be someone who enjoys working with whānau in the community and will have a genuine interest in healthcare.
  
Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako - Skills and experience

• The ability to communicate effectively with patients and their whānau
• Experience with MedTech32 is highly desirable
• Willingness to learn and keen to undertake professional development
• A team player who looks after and cares about patients and colleagues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience performing complex procedures e.g blood pressure checks, height and weight checks is advantageous. Full training will be provided
• Ability to speak Te Reo Māori or another language would be an advantage

We offer:

• Free GP consultations when you sign up with Turuki Health Care as your medical clinic
• Access to various internal workshops and ongoing professional development opportunities
• The opportunity to attend staff wānanga

If you are looking to make a difference and want to work within a kaupapa Māori organisation, apply today. For more information about the role or about the recruitment process, please contact our People & Culture team at HR@thc.org.nz
  
Applications close 5pm 18th March 2025 
  
Applicants for this position should have New Zealand residency or a valid New Zealand work visa. All applications must include a CV and a completed application form that will be emailed to you.
 

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