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Consumer opportunities
Read more about the current open opportunities for consumers to get involved.
At Te Tāhū Hauora, we support consumers being actively involved in decision-making about their health, at all levels.
Health services, including hospitals, government agencies and other services, require consumer representatives to co-design the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of health services.
Below are the current open opportunities for consumers to get involved.
Please note Te Tāhū Hauora publishes these opportunities on behalf of a range of different agencies and groups in the health sector. Please contact each provider directly using the information provided in the listing.
Do you have an opportunity you think consumer health forum Aotearoa members should know about?
If so, please submit an expression of interest for consumer and whānau representatives here.
Current opportunities
The National Palliative Care Steering Group is excited to announce applications are open for our next fixed-term working group, the Models of Care – Adult Working Group.
We are doing things a bit differently this time by requesting nominated representatives from key parts of the adult palliative care sector. This will ensure those selected are leaders in their field and have strong support from their sector. We are also looking for community representatives to join the working group to ensure the needs of patients, whānau and communities remain at the heart of this work.
Please see the attached Nomination and Expression of Interest Application form at the bottom of this page for further details.
Nominations and Expressions of Interest for the Models of Care – Adult Working Group close on Wednesday 17 April 2024.
Other ways to participate:
As we would love as many people as possible to be involved and contribute to this significant work, we are offering a range of other ways you can share your thoughts and ideas about palliative care for adults.
- Survey of current services, needs, and change priorities. We would like to hear everyone’s thoughts about palliative care for adults (those aged over 24) in Aotearoa New Zealand, including the services provided by GPs, community services, aged residential care facilities, hospitals, and hospices. This survey is open now and can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/eVEwm4L8WYSUA8H66. The link will also be available on our website from mid-April. The survey is open to everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand until 31 May 2024. We will share the general themes of what people have told us on our website from July 2024. Please complete this brief survey and share the link with your colleagues, whānau and friends.
- Webinar update. The Models of Care – Adult Working Group members will present an online webinar to discuss their progress and seek input from the public and health sector on their proposed recommendations. This event is likely to be held later in 2024.
- Consultation on the recommendations for change. Once the Models of Care – Adult Working Group has submitted their recommendations to the National Palliative Care Steering Group, a public and targeted consultation process on the recommendations will follow. This process is likely to start in late 2024/early 2025 and will include online presentations, face-to-face meetings, and an online feedback form.
- Updates on progress. For those wanting to keep up to date with this work, regular progress updates will be available on the national palliative care work programme website and emailed to those on our stakeholder list.
Downloads:
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora are seeking at least two consumers or whānau to join a new advisory group to contribute towards building a national whānau feedback and insights framework.
The group will work with a range of key stakeholders from Te Whatu Ora and other key partners including Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission and Te Aka Whai Ora.
As an advisory group member you will:
- provide advice and guidance to the national lead for patient-reported experience measures (PREMS), patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and insights and, more broadly, the consumer engagement and whānau voice team
- have experience and/or expertise in monitoring and reporting about safety, quality and experience in health
- be comfortable being on committees with a number of stakeholders including other consumers, clinicians and senior leaders
- be comfortable to speak up and ask questions in meetings
- provide advice from a consumer or whānau perspective, including your involvement with feedback from consumers and whānau
- commit to a 12-month term from late April and available to attend 1-hour meetings every 6 weeks (inaugural meeting may be longer, a 1.5–2-hour workshop)
- attend all meetings and review any supporting documents
We welcome applications from consumers and whānau across Aotearoa. Māori, Pacific peoples, disabled people, people living in rural areas and those identifying as part of the Rainbow community are encouraged to apply.
You will receive compensation for your time according to our policy for remuneration.
How to apply
Download and fill out the expression of interest form, fill it out and email the completed form to suzanne.corcoran@middlemore.co.nz.
If you have any questions or would like more information about this role, please email: suzanne.corcoran@middlemore.co.nz.
Applications close Friday 19 April 2024.
Do you have personal or lived experience of sepsis? Are you interested in using your experiences to help improve our health system?
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission (Te Tāhū Hauora) is looking for two people who have had personal experiences related to sepsis to join our national sepsis quality improvement working group:
- one person with lived sepsis experience during maternity care
- one person with personal experience as a whānau member or friend of a child who experienced sepsis.
Background
Te Tāhū Hauora is a Crown entity that functions under the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022. We lead and coordinate work across the health sector to:
• monitor and improve the quality and safety of services
• help providers improve the quality and safety of their services.
We particularly focus our work on Māori, Pacific and disabled populations.
The code of expectations for health entities’ engagement with consumers and whānau was published recently. It sets out how health entities must work with consumers, whānau and communities to plan, design, deliver and evaluate health services. We strive to lead the implementation of this code by example.
Project background
Sepsis is the body’s extreme and life-threatening response to an infection, it disproportionately affects Māori and Pacific communities in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
In 2022, Te Tāhū Hauora and Sapere (a research company) identified that the way sepsis is managed and cared for is not the same across the country. In response, a national sepsis quality improvement working group was formed in 2023 to create a programme to improve the quality of care. It will focus on the early identification, timely treatment and management of sepsis, and post-sepsis care.
The first phase of the sepsis programme is to refine, test and implement pathways and tools in hospitals, ambulances and urgent care settings.
The national sepsis quality improvement working group plays a vital role by contributing to the planning of improvement initiatives and making them happen.
Sharing your lived experience
Your lived experience of sepsis will be very helpful as we plan and implement meaningful improvements to health care services.
We are looking for consumers who are willing to share their experiences to contribute to the design and implementation of our improvement programme.
Role as a working group member
As a member of the sepsis quality improvement working group, you will:
- work cooperatively
- respect the views of others
- focus on improving health outcomes, overall system performance and the experience for consumers and whānau
- take part in group discussions, meetings and tasks
- make every effort to attend all meetings and review supporting documents
- share your expertise, knowledge and skills with the group
- provide advice from a consumer perspective
- present your views from lived experience in a supported atmosphere
- communicate with relevant stakeholders, as needed, to gather input into, feedback on or support for the project
- champion the project within your networks
- communicate clearly and effectively with other group members and keep them informed of progress, issues and changes.
The group will meet at least fortnightly on Thursday afternoons, and possibly more often if the project needs this. Meetings will usually be held online via Zoom and in-person meetings will be agreed in advance by members.
Payment
You will be paid for your time, attendance fees and travel expenses reimbursement. We follow the Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission guidelines about how much to pay members of advisory groups. You can access Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality and Safety Commission policy for consumer and whānau engagement fees and reimbursement here.
How to apply
There are two ways to apply for this opportunity:
1) fill out this Microsoft application form online or
2) download the application form (32kb, docx), fill it out and email it to sepsis@hqsc.govt.nz.
Applications close on 19 April 2024.
Next steps
We will consider all candidates and prepare a shortlist. If you are on the shortlist, we will interview you via Zoom or over the phone as close to 29 April 2024. We will then choose the successful candidates and let all know the outcome of this process by 7 May 2024.
If you have any questions or would like more information about this opportunity, please email sepsis@hqsc.govt.nz
Background
The New Zealand Psychology Board (NZPB) is establishing an advisory group to:
- evaluate feedback from a recent consultation on scopes of practice for psychologists
- present options and recommendations to the NZPB.
We are seeking one consumer/person with lived experience of a longer-term mental health diagnosis who has received or is currently receiving services from a registered psychologist. Your input will inform the recruiting for an advisory group, and you will also join the advisory as a group member.
As a consumer representative for NZPB you will:
- be available for one 3-hour meeting, including 2 hours of pre-meeting preparation (total of 5 hours) each month
- attend and participate in a monthly online meeting
- attend two in-person, one-day meetings in Wellington on 4 June 2024 and 27 November, 2024. Travel and any necessary accommodation will be covered.
Attendance fees and meeting preparation time will be covered as per the Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission policy for consumer and whānau engagement, fees and reimbursement.
How to apply
Download the expressions of interest – consumer representative – psychology advisory group form (196KB, docx). Fill it out and email it to vanessa.simpson@nzpb.org.nz.
If you have any questions or would like more information about this role, please email: projects@nzpb.org.nz.
Applications close on 30 April 2024.
All applicants will receive an acknowledgement of their application by Friday 3 May 2024. Interviews may be conducted and will be arranged according to shortlisted candidate availability.
Want a chance to have your say in the future of mental health? Here’s an opportunity!
Researchers from the University of Auckland are conducting a study to explore the views of consumers on a brief mental health intervention for long-term condition patients, delivered by community pharmacists. We would love to hear your thoughts on this to help us design an intervention suited to consumers.
We are looking for consumers who:
- have one or more long-term physical health conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular or respiratory disease and
- have lived experience of depression and/or anxiety.
If you have a long-term condition but do not have lived experience of depression/anxiety but are interested in this project, we still encourage you to express interest.
The study will involve either an individual interview or a focus group (depending on your preferences and the numbers required).
- Individual interviews will take approximately 30-60 minutes.
- Focus groups will take approximately 60-90 minutes.
To thank participants for their time and contribution to the research, each participant will be offered a $40 voucher for participating in individual interviews and an $80 voucher will be given to participants participating in the focus group as this requires more time from participants.
We encourage expressions of interest from people within Auckland and outside of Auckland.
To apply
If you are interested in reading more and participating, please click University of Auckland: Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management here or copy and paste this link into a new window: https://auckland.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3z87jEvLXsqnrKe.
For more information
You can email Patrick Cabasag patrick.cabasag@auckland.ac.nz or the principal supervisor Professor Jeff Harrison jeff.harrison@auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions or concerns about this study.
This study has been approved by the Auckland Health Research Ethics Committee on 25 September 2023 for three years. Reference Number: AH25487
Expressions of interest close on 30 June 2024 at 6.00 pm.
Models of Care, adult working group – National Palliative Care Work Programme, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand (closes Wednesday 17 April 2024)
The National Palliative Care Steering Group is excited to announce applications are open for our next fixed-term working group, the Models of Care – Adult Working Group.
We are doing things a bit differently this time by requesting nominated representatives from key parts of the adult palliative care sector. This will ensure those selected are leaders in their field and have strong support from their sector. We are also looking for community representatives to join the working group to ensure the needs of patients, whānau and communities remain at the heart of this work.
Please see the attached Nomination and Expression of Interest Application form at the bottom of this page for further details.
Nominations and Expressions of Interest for the Models of Care – Adult Working Group close on Wednesday 17 April 2024.
Other ways to participate:
As we would love as many people as possible to be involved and contribute to this significant work, we are offering a range of other ways you can share your thoughts and ideas about palliative care for adults.
- Survey of current services, needs, and change priorities. We would like to hear everyone’s thoughts about palliative care for adults (those aged over 24) in Aotearoa New Zealand, including the services provided by GPs, community services, aged residential care facilities, hospitals, and hospices. This survey is open now and can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/eVEwm4L8WYSUA8H66. The link will also be available on our website from mid-April. The survey is open to everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand until 31 May 2024. We will share the general themes of what people have told us on our website from July 2024. Please complete this brief survey and share the link with your colleagues, whānau and friends.
- Webinar update. The Models of Care – Adult Working Group members will present an online webinar to discuss their progress and seek input from the public and health sector on their proposed recommendations. This event is likely to be held later in 2024.
- Consultation on the recommendations for change. Once the Models of Care – Adult Working Group has submitted their recommendations to the National Palliative Care Steering Group, a public and targeted consultation process on the recommendations will follow. This process is likely to start in late 2024/early 2025 and will include online presentations, face-to-face meetings, and an online feedback form.
- Updates on progress. For those wanting to keep up to date with this work, regular progress updates will be available on the national palliative care work programme website and emailed to those on our stakeholder list.
Downloads:
- Nomination and expression of interest application form (113KB, docx)
- Models of care – adult working group terms of interest (517KB, pdf)
- Ways to participate in the redesign of adult palliative care services (94KB, docx)
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora – Consumer and whānau advisor whānau feedback and insights framework (closes 19 April 2024)
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora are seeking at least two consumers or whānau to join a new advisory group to contribute towards building a national whānau feedback and insights framework.
The group will work with a range of key stakeholders from Te Whatu Ora and other key partners including Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission and Te Aka Whai Ora.
As an advisory group member you will:
- provide advice and guidance to the national lead for patient-reported experience measures (PREMS), patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and insights and, more broadly, the consumer engagement and whānau voice team
- have experience and/or expertise in monitoring and reporting about safety, quality and experience in health
- be comfortable being on committees with a number of stakeholders including other consumers, clinicians and senior leaders
- be comfortable to speak up and ask questions in meetings
- provide advice from a consumer or whānau perspective, including your involvement with feedback from consumers and whānau
- commit to a 12-month term from late April and available to attend 1-hour meetings every 6 weeks (inaugural meeting may be longer, a 1.5–2-hour workshop)
- attend all meetings and review any supporting documents
We welcome applications from consumers and whānau across Aotearoa. Māori, Pacific peoples, disabled people, people living in rural areas and those identifying as part of the Rainbow community are encouraged to apply.
You will receive compensation for your time according to our policy for remuneration.
How to apply
Download and fill out the expression of interest form, fill it out and email the completed form to suzanne.corcoran@middlemore.co.nz.
If you have any questions or would like more information about this role, please email: suzanne.corcoran@middlemore.co.nz.
Applications close Friday 19 April 2024.
Sepsis quality improvement working group – Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission (closes 19 April 2024)
Do you have personal or lived experience of sepsis? Are you interested in using your experiences to help improve our health system?
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission (Te Tāhū Hauora) is looking for two people who have had personal experiences related to sepsis to join our national sepsis quality improvement working group:
- one person with lived sepsis experience during maternity care
- one person with personal experience as a whānau member or friend of a child who experienced sepsis.
Background
Te Tāhū Hauora is a Crown entity that functions under the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022. We lead and coordinate work across the health sector to:
• monitor and improve the quality and safety of services
• help providers improve the quality and safety of their services.
We particularly focus our work on Māori, Pacific and disabled populations.
The code of expectations for health entities’ engagement with consumers and whānau was published recently. It sets out how health entities must work with consumers, whānau and communities to plan, design, deliver and evaluate health services. We strive to lead the implementation of this code by example.
Project background
Sepsis is the body’s extreme and life-threatening response to an infection, it disproportionately affects Māori and Pacific communities in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
In 2022, Te Tāhū Hauora and Sapere (a research company) identified that the way sepsis is managed and cared for is not the same across the country. In response, a national sepsis quality improvement working group was formed in 2023 to create a programme to improve the quality of care. It will focus on the early identification, timely treatment and management of sepsis, and post-sepsis care.
The first phase of the sepsis programme is to refine, test and implement pathways and tools in hospitals, ambulances and urgent care settings.
The national sepsis quality improvement working group plays a vital role by contributing to the planning of improvement initiatives and making them happen.
Sharing your lived experience
Your lived experience of sepsis will be very helpful as we plan and implement meaningful improvements to health care services.
We are looking for consumers who are willing to share their experiences to contribute to the design and implementation of our improvement programme.
Role as a working group member
As a member of the sepsis quality improvement working group, you will:
- work cooperatively
- respect the views of others
- focus on improving health outcomes, overall system performance and the experience for consumers and whānau
- take part in group discussions, meetings and tasks
- make every effort to attend all meetings and review supporting documents
- share your expertise, knowledge and skills with the group
- provide advice from a consumer perspective
- present your views from lived experience in a supported atmosphere
- communicate with relevant stakeholders, as needed, to gather input into, feedback on or support for the project
- champion the project within your networks
- communicate clearly and effectively with other group members and keep them informed of progress, issues and changes.
The group will meet at least fortnightly on Thursday afternoons, and possibly more often if the project needs this. Meetings will usually be held online via Zoom and in-person meetings will be agreed in advance by members.
Payment
You will be paid for your time, attendance fees and travel expenses reimbursement. We follow the Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission guidelines about how much to pay members of advisory groups. You can access Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality and Safety Commission policy for consumer and whānau engagement fees and reimbursement here.
How to apply
There are two ways to apply for this opportunity:
1) fill out this Microsoft application form online or
2) download the application form (32kb, docx), fill it out and email it to sepsis@hqsc.govt.nz.
Applications close on 19 April 2024.
Next steps
We will consider all candidates and prepare a shortlist. If you are on the shortlist, we will interview you via Zoom or over the phone as close to 29 April 2024. We will then choose the successful candidates and let all know the outcome of this process by 7 May 2024.
If you have any questions or would like more information about this opportunity, please email sepsis@hqsc.govt.nz
New Zealand Psychology Board Te Poari Kaimātai Hinengaro o Aotearoa (NZPB) consumer representative on advisory group and recruitment panel (closes 30 April 2024)
Background
The New Zealand Psychology Board (NZPB) is establishing an advisory group to:
- evaluate feedback from a recent consultation on scopes of practice for psychologists
- present options and recommendations to the NZPB.
We are seeking one consumer/person with lived experience of a longer-term mental health diagnosis who has received or is currently receiving services from a registered psychologist. Your input will inform the recruiting for an advisory group, and you will also join the advisory as a group member.
As a consumer representative for NZPB you will:
- be available for one 3-hour meeting, including 2 hours of pre-meeting preparation (total of 5 hours) each month
- attend and participate in a monthly online meeting
- attend two in-person, one-day meetings in Wellington on 4 June 2024 and 27 November, 2024. Travel and any necessary accommodation will be covered.
Attendance fees and meeting preparation time will be covered as per the Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission policy for consumer and whānau engagement, fees and reimbursement.
How to apply
Download the expressions of interest – consumer representative – psychology advisory group form (196KB, docx). Fill it out and email it to vanessa.simpson@nzpb.org.nz.
If you have any questions or would like more information about this role, please email: projects@nzpb.org.nz.
Applications close on 30 April 2024.
All applicants will receive an acknowledgement of their application by Friday 3 May 2024. Interviews may be conducted and will be arranged according to shortlisted candidate availability.
University of Auckland - Consumer views on a pharmacist-led mental health and wellbeing intervention (closes 6.00 pm, 30 June 2024)
Want a chance to have your say in the future of mental health? Here’s an opportunity!
Researchers from the University of Auckland are conducting a study to explore the views of consumers on a brief mental health intervention for long-term condition patients, delivered by community pharmacists. We would love to hear your thoughts on this to help us design an intervention suited to consumers.
We are looking for consumers who:
- have one or more long-term physical health conditions, such as diabetes, cardiovascular or respiratory disease and
- have lived experience of depression and/or anxiety.
If you have a long-term condition but do not have lived experience of depression/anxiety but are interested in this project, we still encourage you to express interest.
The study will involve either an individual interview or a focus group (depending on your preferences and the numbers required).
- Individual interviews will take approximately 30-60 minutes.
- Focus groups will take approximately 60-90 minutes.
To thank participants for their time and contribution to the research, each participant will be offered a $40 voucher for participating in individual interviews and an $80 voucher will be given to participants participating in the focus group as this requires more time from participants.
We encourage expressions of interest from people within Auckland and outside of Auckland.
To apply
If you are interested in reading more and participating, please click University of Auckland: Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management here or copy and paste this link into a new window: https://auckland.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3z87jEvLXsqnrKe.
For more information
You can email Patrick Cabasag patrick.cabasag@auckland.ac.nz or the principal supervisor Professor Jeff Harrison jeff.harrison@auckland.ac.nz if you have any questions or concerns about this study.
This study has been approved by the Auckland Health Research Ethics Committee on 25 September 2023 for three years. Reference Number: AH25487
Expressions of interest close on 30 June 2024 at 6.00 pm.
Last updated: 13th March, 2024
