The Canterbury Clinical Network is seeking a Chair for the Child and Youth Health Workstream.  

The person sought will be an experienced chair and interested in working collaboratively to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Canterbury.

The Child and Youth Health Workstream aims to improve the mental and physical health of children and young people in Canterbury through their life course from before birth to the transition to adulthood.

The workstream provides leadership for the development and provision of health and social services for children and young people.  This includes agreeing outcomes and performance indicators for children and young people’s healthcare, prioritising service development activity to meet national expectations and local imperatives, recommending transformation service improvements and identifying areas requiring redesign, innovation and evaluation. 

Further information about the Child & Youth Health Workstream  can be viewed here.

A position description is attached here.

The position involves an estimated 35 hours per annum. Remuneration will be as per the CCN Remuneration Policy.

Interested  parties  are requested to submit their Curriculum Vitae and a cover letter including their  availability to Linda Wensley linda.wensley@ccn.health.nz by 16th April 2020.

For more information please contact either:  

• Kim Sinclair-Morris: email  kim@ccn.health.nz phone 021 679 390 or
• Linda Wensley: email linda.wensley@ccn.health.nz phone 0275 126 168