Dr Susan Knox

Experience

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  Southern General Hospital

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Clinical Midwife

  Delivery of woman centred programmes of care during the antenatal, intranatal and postnatal periods

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  East Renfrewshire Council

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Health Development Advisor

  Facilitate community engagement in health service planning and delivery

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  NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Health Promotion Specialist (Tobacco)

  Designed and delivered smoking cessation programmes in maternity and primary care settings

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  NHS Ayrshire and Arran

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2007

  Breastfeeding Co-ordinator

  Managed a team of NHS breastfeeding advocates to deliver breastfeeding peer support services

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  Hutt Valley District Health Board

  Dec 2007 - Nov 2015

  Project Manager Maternal and Child Health

  Mental health researchService evaluations for Māori providersCollaborative working Business planning and action planning Communication, written and oral skills

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  Tū Ora Compass Health New Zealand

  Jun 2015 - Nov 2015

  Senior Project Manager

  In my role as senior project manager in the Māori and Population Health Team I provided team coaching and held responsibility for improving project design, overseeing implementation and designing evaluation frameworks.

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  Whānau Āwhina Plunket

  Nov 2015 - Aug 2016

  National Manager Health Promotion

  I provided strategic advice and led the implementation of Plunket's National Health Promotion Framework (2015-2020). As people and projects manager, I held responsibility for a team of national Health Promotion Advisors and was project lead for a significant national collaborative injury prevention project.

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  Heart Foundation NZ

  Aug 2016 - May 2019

  Regional Manager

  As a people leader, I led a team of 14 health promotion specialists in the South Island. Using public health leadership tools and frameworks in everyday practice, I implemented above-the-line cultures to create engaged teams which exceeded expectations of customers and communities.

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  Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children

  May 2019 - Feb 2020

  Programme Manager, Professional Practice Group

  I designed and implemented a programme which supported the delivery of Oranga Tamariki values. A co-design approach was used to prioritise outcomes for the Professional Practice Team. Providing thought leadership on programme management to the senior leadership team, I established a governance framework and created new processes to manage workflow. Being seconded to the Tamariki Advocate Group, I enhanced capability within the Voices team to generate tamariki and rangatahi insights to inform business planning. Show less

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  The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

  Feb 2020 - Oct 2020

  Policy & Insights Manager

  I led the Policy & Insights team to provide evidence-based research, insights and advocacy advice for general practice.

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  Ministry of Health New Zealand

  Oct 2020 - Dec 2022

  • Principal Advisor, Research & Innovation

    May 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Programme Manager, Maternity

    Oct 2020 - May 2022
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  Auckland University of Technology

  Feb 2022 - Nov 2024

  Research Associate, School of Clinical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology

  Recipient of the Dame Joan Metge & Professor Charmian J O’Connor Post-Doctoral Research Award - The Hapū Ora Experience Research Project: Te Tiriti-inspired Maternity Care

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  Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

  Dec 2022 - now

  • Project Manager, Asian Health Services, Planning, Funding and Outcomes, Health New Zealand

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Delivery Lead - Transformation

    Dec 2022 - May 2024