Helen August MN

Nurse Practitioner | Mātanga tapuhi

Child Health Team

Accredited Forensic Examiner (SAATS)

Clinical Lead - Prescribing in Community Health

Whanau & Communities Group / Te Matau a Māui Hawke’s Bay

After completing a Master of Nursing in 2012 my passion for working with youth in the community inspired to complete my Nurse Practitioner qualification which I accomplished in 2018.

Now as a Nurse Practitioner at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Te Matau-a-Maui, Child Health Team and sexual health I work with children and youth predominantly in the community. I am an Accredited Forensic Examiner for adolescence and adults on the acute roster for the Sexual Assault and Assessment Team (SAATS). I have recently just completed 3 years as an on call Police Medical Officer and was the Communicable Disease Coordinator for Hawke’s Bay DHB. I developed and am the clinical lead for the Registered Nurse Prescribing in Community Health Course in Hawke’s Bay. I have had a recent educational focus article on scabies published in the NZ Child & Youth Clinic Network newsletter Summer Edition 2024.

My passion is to raise awareness of preventable and early management of skin problems with a specialist interest in eczema management of paediatrics and adolescents whilst providing appropriate education and resources to families/whānau on how to care for their skin, prevent skin infections and infestations, identify problems early, treatment, and reduce stigma for tamariki with skin concerns specifically in our lower socioeconomic population.