As a member of the College, we would expect you to have some or all of the following:
- A willingness to uphold the College's core set of values demonstrated by:
- Behaving honestly and ethically
- Advocating to improve public health and reduce health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Acting swiftly on important public health threats
- Undertaking training and continuing professional development to ensure the safety and effectiveness of their practice
- Improving their cultural safety, developing cross-cultural partnerships and acting to address cultural bias whenever they find it
- Working in partnership with Māori
- Empowering communities to act on public health issues that affect them
- Supporting colleagues and multidisciplinary teams personally and professionally
- Seeking to use evidence as the basis of their practice
- Seeking sustainable processes and outcomes
- Promoting excellence in health and health services planning and management
- Working with vulnerable communities
- Recognising New Zealand's status as a Pacific Nation
- A willingness to support colleagues starting on the journey
- A desire to share work that will help inform the work of colleagues and others in public health
- A desire to make a personal contribution to the College through supervising, mentoring or sharing
- A desire to honour the role of the Treaty of Waitangi in your work
- A commitment to the prevention of ill health and reduction of inequalities on a population level