Appendix 4 New Zealand Child and Youth Intersex Clinical Network: Membership of the Clinical Reference Group Introduction The Paediatric Society of New Zealand invites Expressions of Interest for membership of the Child and Youth Intersex Clinical Reference Group (CRG). The purpose of this Network is to provide clinical leadership to improve health practices, systems and approaches for intersex children and youth up to 18 years of age. This will be achieved through the appointment of a national, multi-disciplinary Clinical Reference Group (CRG) supported by the Secretariat. The CRG will provide advice on appropriate health services for intersex children and young people to the New Zealand Child and Youth Clinical Network Programme’s (NZCYCN) Advisory Group, the Paediatric Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) and Ministry of Health (MoH). There is agreement for the Network to be established for a period of up to two years. Any extension of the defined period will need to be mutually agreed by all parties and conditional on MoH and PSNZ contract period. The Network will: • promote nationally coordinated intersex health services • develop an infrastructure that supports quality services, safety, equity of health service provision and best value of resources • develop a system for the monitoring and auditing of services to inform continuous quality improvement to include best practice recommendations • identify and liaise with national and international bodies with relevance to intersex services • support and address some of the intersex recommendations to Government from the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (2016). Selection to the CRG Preference is for twelve CRG members to be selected based on clinical and advisory experience in intersex health services. At least half of the group will be required to have medical experience with established expertise in the management of intersex children and youth. The CRG will have a multi-disciplinary approach to intersex health service delivery aiming to broadly represent the geographic regions of New Zealand. Clinical Reference Group Membership Expressions of interest are requested from the following three areas: 1. Medical specialists Priority will be given for medical professionals with expertise in the management of intersex children and youth from the following disciplines. Ideally the group will consist of: • Paediatric surgeon (x1) • Paediatric endocrinologists (x2) • Adult endocrinologist (x1) • Obstetrics/gynaecology (x1) • establish a plan that best supports a workforce education and development programme Intersex Roundtable Report 2017 13