Health Improvement Practitioner - Mātanga Whai Ora – Gender Affirming Care

30 September 2025

Palmerston North

Fixed-Term Full-time

Are you passionate about improving health outcomes and reducing inequality in our community? Ready to make a meaningful impact on community wellbeing?

Te Ara Rau Access & Choice (TARAC), also known as the “Pathway of Unlimited Possibilities,” is part of the Connecting Communities Team. TARAC provides brief psychological interventions and hauora support to individuals across the MidCentral region, ensuring care is accessible, inclusive, and responsive.

We’re excited to invite you to join THINK Hauora as a Mātanga Whai Ora – Gender Affirming, working within Te Ara Rau Access & Choice (TARAC) as part of The Tūturu Service. This is a fantastic opportunity to cover parental leave for six months.

About The Tūturu Service

This service recognises that individuals are the experts in their own gender and sexuality — however they choose to identify. This includes binary-trans, non-binary, transgender, tangata ira tāne, agender, whakawahine, tāhine, fakaleitī, leitī, akava’ine, fa’afafine, genderqueer, and gender diverse identities.

The team works alongside whānau and families to support gender exploration and social affirmation, creating safe and empowering spaces for identity and wellbeing.

• Deliver Brief Psychological Interventions using evidence-based approaches (e.g., CBT, ACT, MI) within a stepped care model.
• Support Tāngata Whaiora and Whānau through needs assessments, care planning, and culturally affirming, trauma-informed practices.
• Coordinate Care Across Services, including general practice teams, NGOs, and secondary services, ensuring seamless and inclusive support.
• Promote Gender Affirming Healthcare, providing education, psychosocial support, and facilitating access to gender affirming treatments.
• Strengthen Community and Provider Relationships, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of resources and building strong intersectoral links.
• Champion Equity and Rainbow Health Outcomes, engaging with health and wellbeing providers to support culturally responsive service delivery.

Key Qualifications and Experience

At THINK Hauora, you will work alongside a diverse team of professionals who are passionate about delivering primary health care to our region and making a positive impact on our communities. Working for THINK Hauora will provide a genuine opportunity to contribute to the quality and wellbeing of our rohe.

Our staff benefits include :

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Applications will be considered as they are received, and suitable applicants will be contacted.

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