Refugee Health Navigator

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Fixed Term 12 months (Full Time)

The Waitaha Canterbury Refugee Primary Care Service is a Primary care service funded by Te Whatu Ora, based in the Pegasus Health Refugee Health Service. The Service supports people and primary care teams Ōtautahi Christchurch and Hakatere Ashburton.

The team works in partnership with former refugee communities and resettlement organisations as well as other health services to deliver dedicated support to new former refugees and asylum seekers who have recently resettled in Canterbury.

This position is based at Pegasus Health, Christchurch.

What you will be doing

• Identify and address barriers to accessing primary care services and other health and wellbeing services for former refugees and asylum seekers resettling in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
• Support clients resettled in Christchurch to access the services and information they need to become independent.
• Given this is a mobile service, carrying out home and community visits to newly resettled families and providing support, advocacy and health information.

What you will bring

• Community work as a volunteer or in a professional role. For example: community work experience in health, social or other services for former refugees and/or migrants, involvement in religious or cultural association or informal group.
• Ideally: refugee life experience, bilingual or multilingual, able to communicate in particular in either Dari, Hazaragi, Tigrinya, Somali, Pashto, Nepali, Arabic or Farsi, Nepali or other African Asian or Middle Eastern languages.
• Ideally: Have existing relationships with one or more Waitaha Canterbury former refugee communities.

About us

Pegasus Health supports many aspects of health and wellbeing in Canterbury. We provide services and support to general practices and community-based health providers to deliver quality health care to patients.

We work in partnership with our communities, general practices and other health providers to improve the health and wellbeing of whānau, while aiming to make Waitaha Canterbury the best place to receive and provide care.

Working with our communities, means being committed to the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and working in a culturally safe way to improve equitable access and outcomes for Māori. We’re committed to improving equitable access and outcomes for Pacific, CALD, LGBTQI+ and other priority populations.  This includes recognising the importance of diversity and we are committed to providing a safe, inclusive working environment. We want our people to reflect our communities and actively encourage applications from diverse background.

What we offer / What’s in it for you

Joining us at Pegasus Health offers an opportunity to be part of a people-centered health service in a dynamic work environment with a unique and vibrant work culture. We are a friendly and supportive team of diverse individuals. We believe in achieving equitable health outcomes for all our communities through commitment and delivery of our values.

Closing date for application is Friday, 11 July 2025

For further information about Pegasus Health visit: www.pegasus.health.nz

For further information about the role please contact Sahra Ahmed, Refugee Health Lead Sahra.Ahmed@pegasus.health.nz

Only applications made through our website will be reviewed.

This position will be subject to a Police Vetting Check in line with the Vulnerable Children's Act.