West Coast Health Clinician Website

This is the Clinician side of West Coast Health, if you would like to visit the main website click here.

General Information

The clinical team encompasses clinicians and staff who work together with the practices.

This includes:

  • Te Waka Ngākau o Poutini
    • Nurse Practitioner and Kaiawhina
    • Funded healthcare visits for high risk, unenrolled, and unengaged populations
    • Youth specific clinics
    • Aims to improve access and support re-engagement with primary care practices
  • Quality Team
    • Manages and implements clinical programme contracts (see Clinical Programmes Overview below)
    • Reports quality metrics data received from the practices to HNZ
    • Advocates for healthcare funding for the West Coast practices
    • Connection and communications for all the practices on the coast
    • Organises West Coast clinical education
  • Equity Pharmacists
    • In-practice work with patients and providers
    • Outreach with community
    • Prescriber auditing, quality improvement, and education
  • Health Pathways Coordinator
    • Manages West Coast specific pathways
    • Assists with West Coast ERMS pathways

 

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