Clinical Lead - TMT Clinical Portal Consolidation project
Expression of interest
Clinical Lead – Te Manawa Taki Clinical Portal Consolidation project
- Help shape the future of clinical information systems across Te Manawa Taki
- Bring the frontline clinical voice to a significant digital transformation project
- Open to registered health professionals across nursing, medical and allied health within the Bay of Plenty District
We are seeking expressions of interest from clinicians who would like to contribute to the Te Manawa Taki Clinical Portal Consolidation Project as a Clinical Lead.
This role is a key link between clinicians and the project team, helping ensure clinical requirements, patient safety, workflows and user experience remain central to planning, design and implementation.
Working alongside Digital Services, Clinical Informatics Directors and clinical stakeholders, you will support the consolidation of clinical portal capabilities across Te Manawa Taki, with a focus on safe, consistent clinical practice and reducing unnecessary variation.
About the Role
As a Clinical Lead, you will:
- Provide clinical leadership and advice to the project, ensuring clinical safety, quality and patient outcomes inform decision-making
- Engage with Bay of Plenty clinicians and work collaboratively across Te Manawa Taki
- Assess how proposed portal changes may affect clinical workflows and service delivery
- Help identify and prioritise clinical requirements and portal enhancements
- Provide clinical advice on benefits, risks, competing priorities and project sequencing
- Act as a visible clinical champion, supporting engagement, change and adoption
- Participate in clinical risk assessment, testing, validation and acceptance activities.
The Bay of Plenty has been allocated 0.4 FTE for this work over 18 months and the FTE could be split between multiple people.
Successful applicants will remain on their current terms and conditions, with clinical time reduced to undertake project responsibilities. Any appointment will be subject to operational considerations, including whether services can support release and backfill arrangements.
Please click here for a copy of the position description.
About You
You will be a registered health professional who understands clinical practice and can bring people together around change.
You will have:
- Current registration with a NZ health professional regulatory body
- Involvement in clinical systems, service improvement projects or digital health initiatives
- Experience working across multidisciplinary clinical environments within the Bay of Plenty District
- Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation and consensus-building skills.
Experience with clinical portals, electronic medical records or patient information systems, clinical or digital governance, change implementation or clinical leadership would be an advantage, but is not essential.
If you are interested, please send a brief expression of interest (no more than one page) outlining:
- Your relevant experience and interest in the role.
- Any experience with digital health, clinical systems, service improvement or change initiatives.
- Proposed FTE commitment
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
To submit your expressions of interest please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by Sunday 23rd of November. For queries about the role, please contact Kate Grimwade.
Please note, this role is open to anyone with a clinical background, currently working for Health New Zealand – Bay of Plenty.
