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1 . Psitin title: Delegatin level: Respnsible t: Psitin descriptin Bupa Research Fellw/General Physician/Geriatrician Nil Directr Older Persns, Rehabilitatin and Allied Health This psitin descriptin will be used in cnjunctin with the Waikat DHB Senir Medical and Dental Officers Cllective Agreement, and agreed wrk schedules, clinical duties and utputs targets. Place in rganisatin Chief Executive Chief Operating Officer Institute f Healthy Ageing Directr f Older Persns, Rehabilitatin and Allied Health Clinical Services Leader, OPR BUPA Research Fellw/General Physician/Geriatrician Visin (Te Matakite) Building healthy cmmunities - Te hanga whairanga m te iwi. Missin (Te Whakatakanga) Waikat DHB will ensure cmmunity invlvement at all levels and will fcus n: increasing wellness thrugh preventin, prmtin and awareness activities ensuring equitable access t high quality health and disability supprt services. Values Acknwledging the diversity f Waikat cmmunities. Self-respnsibility. Persnal and prfessinal grwth f the wrkfrce. Inclusive and hnest cmmunicatin. Respect fr each ther. Enhancing the health and independence f Waikat peple. Striving fr excellence. Cde f cnduct and emplyee expectatins Respect the rights f thers. Carry ut duties in a prfessinal manner. Act in a fair, respnsible, trustwrthy, and legal manner. Perfrm duties hnestly with impartiality. Waikat DHB s cde f cnduct incrprates the State Services standards f integrity and cnduct, and sets expectatins relating t emplyee cnduct.

2 Service descriptin Older Persns and Rehabilitatin services include: Cmbined Strke service Prvides acute care fr patients with strke and thse strke patients requiring assessment, treatment and rehabilitatin. Orthpaedic rehabilitatin Wrks in cllabratin with acute rthpaedics t ensure a seamless apprach between pst-perative r acute care f lder peple with fractures and active and intensive rehabilitatin. General assessment, treatment and rehabilitatin Fr peple 65 years + r thse clse in age, interests and characteristics. Intensive rehabilitatin Fr peple 16 years + wh meet set criteria. Older Persns and Rehabilitatin clinics Specialist-led clinics that take a multidisciplinary apprach and address a wide range f issues and cnditins f lder patients referred by GPs r hspital services. Disability Supprt Link (DSL) Prmte a persn s quality f life and create an envirnment that enables cmmunity participatin and maximum independence. It identifies and crdinates hme supprt services fr peple with disabilities in the Waikat, King Cuntry, Thames Valley and Crmandel Peninsula (except thse with shrt-term illnesses that will require supprt services fr less than six mnths and peple will ACC-related cnditins). START (Supprted Transfer and Accelerated Rehabilitatin Team) Prvides intensive in-hme rehabilitatin t thse discharged frm hspital, fcusing n achieving persnal, meaningful gals identified by the patient and their family. Services are delivered at multiple DHB sites acrss the District Health Hard bundaries Purpse f the psitin T be respnsible fr prviding academic and clinical leadership in relevant research and schlarship, teaching and learning and innvatin fr the benefit f BUPA and Waikat DHB Older Persns and Rehabilitatin Service. T prvide cnsultant services within the Older Persns and Rehabilitatin Services. Psitin / CanMEDS accuntabilities Research Develps a chesive relatinship with BUPA that enables the unique skill set t be used by BUPA at natinal level Participates in the develpment f services within Waikat DHB cncerning lder persn and rehabilitatin services, having a particular fcus n using r develping best evidence Initiates and cnducts relevant leading-edge research prgrammes in care f lder peple and rehabilitatin, which is natinally and internatinally cmpetitive and f value t Waikat DHB, BUPA and University f Auckland Develps and prmtes a culture f research in BUPA and Waikat DHB. Develps research skills fr staff f Waikat DHB and BUPA. Wrks effectively with Waikat DHB and in cllabratin with the Institute f Ageing Bard f Gvernance t fster prductive links between clinicians and academics in regard t clinical care, research, plicy and educatin Fsters prductive and innvative links between clinicians and academics and supervises research students Attracts research and cnsultancy funds t supprt significant new prjects and research prgrammes cnsistent with the purpse f the psitin Prvides leadership in the critical examinatin f current trends and evidence-based practice in rehabilitatin and lder persn care, and the implicatins fr research, educatin and practice. Plays a significant rle in building capacity and resilience f the general physician, medical

3 and gerntlgy prfessin in New Zealand Hlds the appintment f Hnrary Senir Lecturer in Medicine within the Faculty f Medical and Health Sciences at the University f Auckland. Medical expert Functins effectively as a cnsultant, integrating all f the CanMEDS rles t prvide ptimal, ethical and patient centred medical care Establishes and maintains clinical knwledge, skills and attitudes apprpriate t their practice Perfrms a cmplete and apprpriate assessment f a patient Uses preventive and therapeutic interventins effectively Demnstrates prficient and apprpriate use f prcedural skills, bth diagnstic and therapeutic Seeks apprpriate cnsultatin frm ther health prfessinals recgnising the limits f their expertise Cmmunicatr Develps reprt, trust, and ethical therapeutic relatinships with patients and families Accurately elicit and synthesize relevant infrmatin and perspectives f patients and families, clleagues, and ther prfessinals Accurately cnvey relevant infrmatin and explanatins t patients and families, clleagues and ther prfessinals Develps a cmmn understanding n issues, prblems and plans with patients, families, and ther prfessinals t develp a shared plan f care Cnveys effective ral and written infrmatin abut a medical encunter Cllabratr Participates effectively and apprpriately in an interprfessinal healthcare team Effectively wrk with ther health prfessinals t prevent, negtiate, and reslve interpersnal cnflict Manager Participates in activities that cntribute t the effectiveness f their healthcare rganisatins and systems Manages their practice and career effectively Allcates finite healthcare resurces apprpriately Serves in administratin and leadership rles, as apprpriate Health advcate Respnds t individual patient health needs and issues as part f patient care Respnds t the health needs f the cmmunities they serve Identifies the determinants f health fr the ppulatins they serve Prmtes the health f individuals, cmmunities, and ppulatins Schlar Maintains and enhances prfessinal activities thrugh nging learning Critically evaluates medical infrmatin and its surces, and applies this apprpriately t practice decisins Facilitates the learning f patients, families, students, ther health prfessinals, the public and thers, as apprpriate Cntributes t the develpment, disseminatin, and translatin f new knwledge and practices Prfessinal Demnstrates a cmmitment t their patients, prfessin and sciety thrugh ethical practice Demnstrates a cmmitment t their patients, prfessin and sciety thrugh participatin in prfessin-led regulatin Demnstrates a cmmitment t physician health and sustainable practice

4 Organisatinal accuntabilities Specific duties including hurs, lcatins, facilities, resurces and n call required will be negtiated and agreed with clinical directr depending n service needs Cmplies with the Waikat DHB Crprate Recrds Management plicy requirement t create and maintain full and accurate recrds. Fllws established Health and Safety and ther plicies and prcedures t ensure the safety f neself and thers. Prvides a high quality service, and cntributes t quality imprvement and risk minimisatin activities. Cmplies with legislatin and plicies fr risk management and legal cmpliance. Wrks in alignment with the Treaty f Waitangi principles f partnership, participatin and active prtectin, and will uphld tikanga best practice guidelines when wrking with Māri patients and their whānau. Knws department emergency respnse plan, able t initiate an emergency respnse and participate in respnse as applicable t the rle. Prfessinal accuntabilities Medical Cuncil f New Zealand eligible fr vcatinal scpe f practice Geriatrics r General Medicine Credentialed t wrk as a Specialist Physician by the Waikat DHB credentialing cmmittee. Medical Specialist means any medical practitiner wh is vcatinally registered by the Medical Cuncil under the Health Practitiners Cmpetence Assurance Act 2003 in ne f the apprved branches f medicine and wh is emplyed in either that branch f medicine r in a similar capacity with minimal versight. Senir Medical Officers and Dental Officers Cllective Agreement Is required t undertake their clinical respnsibilities and t cnduct themselves in all matters relating t their emplyment in accrdance with best practice and relevant ethical and prfessinal standards and guidelines, as determined frm time t time by: the New Zealand Medical Assciatin s cde f ethics the practitiner s relevant medical cllege(s) and/r prfessinal assciatins the New Zealand Medical (r Dental) Cuncil the Health and Disability Cmmissiner the emplyer s plicies and prcedures except t the extent that they may be incnsistent with any ther prvisin f the Senir Medical Officers and Dental Officers Cllective Agreement Registratin with Medical Cuncil f New Zealand, therefre inclusive f scpe f practice f specialist. A current practising certificate with the Medical Cuncil f New Zealand. Qualified t practice as a specialist physician/geriatrician. Preferably a minimum f tw years as a specialist physician/geriatrician (depending n qualificatins exceptins may be made) Prven histry f published research Qualificatins and experience Qualified t practice as a physician/geriatrician in New Zealand. Organisatinal leadership/ behaviural cmpetencies Cntributin Mdels and adheres t the DHB s values, visin, and cde f cnduct. Prvides safe and quality service delivery fr patients Cmpletes wrk within required timeframes.

5 Self and thers Seeks pprtunities t cntinuusly imprve, Relatinships Maintains effective relatinships patients, and with peers and the emplyer, and encurages cllabratin and effective grup interactins. Getting results Actively advances practise, learns new things and picks up new treatment appraches in a reasnable timeframe. Is actin riented and undertakes duties with prfessinalism. Change Lks fr pprtunities t imprve prcesses and uses lgic and analysis t review infrmatin in rder t make sund decisins. Relatinships Scpe f psitin Internal: Full range f disciplines invlved with care and treatment f patients Bard f Institute f Ageing Management Administrative staff External: Bupa Staff at ther DHBs Primary / private prviders NGO agencies Gvernment agencies Universities Ministry f Health Practising requirements As per Medical Cuncil f New Zealand requirements The functins required fr the practise f medicine include: the ability t make safe judgements the ability t demnstrate the level f skill and knwledge required fr safe practice behaving apprpriately nt risking infecting patients with whm the dctr cmes in cntact nt acting in ways that impact adversely n patient safety. A dctr is nt fit t practise if, because f a mental r physical cnditin, he r she is nt able t perfrm the functins required fr the practice f medicine. Declaratin I certify that I have read this psitin descriptin and reasnably believe that I understand the requirements f the psitin. I understand that I may be asked t perfrm ther duties as reasnably required by the emplyer in accrdance with the cnditins f the psitin. Psitin hlder s name: Psitin hlder s signature: Manager s name: Manager s signature: Date f signing: