Pito kōrero me ngā pānuiPerinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee

The Health Quality & Safety Commission Board is seeking a new member to join the Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC).

Applications close at 5pm on Monday 23 September 2019.

PMMRC is a mortality review committee established under Section 59e of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000. The Committee is required to review and report on infant (up to 28 days) and maternal mortality and morbidity, as directed by the Board, for the purposes of improving care, quality and safety, and saving lives.

We are requesting nominations for, and applications from a midwife to join the PMMRC. The applicant will have expertise in the areas of maternal and perinatal care, and primary care, and with knowledge and experience in health service provision to Māori.

All applicants are required to have the following:

• wide professional and cultural networks
• credibility in relevant communities and respect of peers
• strong personal integrity and ethical behaviour
• commitment to the issues at the heart of the Committee’s business
• critical appraisal skills, well developed written and oral skills, strategic thinking
• experience in working with Māori and Pacific peoples
• appropriate clinical or professional experience
• ability to engage with the other members of the committee and contribute constructively.

Collectively, the committee must have the following expertise:

• quality improvement and risk management
• quality assurance in the health sector
• data and information gathering systems and analysis
• clinical epidemiology
• DHB service provision and management
• clinical experience in neonatal paediatrics, perinatal pathology, obstetrics, midwifery and other clinical expertise relevant to the PMMRC’s function
• Māori health
• knowledge of the health of other ethnicities, particularly those at higher risk
• consumer participation and representation.

If you would like to apply directly, please complete the application form and provide a current CV, to MRCsecretariat@hqsc.govt.nz.

If you would like to nominate any suitable candidates (with their permission), please complete the nomination form and email it to the same address. Please indicate your connection to the nominee.

For background on PMMRC, please view the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee section of the Commission website.

Downloadable resources

• Application form (485KB, DOCX)
• Nomination form (437KB, DOCX)

Last updated 23/08/2019