Service Manager - Perioperative Services at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Te Tai Tokerau, Northland

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Permanent, full-time role based at Whangārei Hospital
• Join our friendly and professional multidisciplinary team!

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we are building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence. 

About the Role

We are looking for an exceptional leader to join our Perioperative Services team based at Whangārei Hospital as a Service Manager. This role will work in partnership with other leaders to provide leadership to the service, working with the General Manager and Clinical Directors to provide a high quality, cost-effective patient-centred service within Whangārei Hospital, and where necessary across Northland.

This role is integral to the district achieving its performance expectations with a particular focus on treatment health targets.

About the Service

Here at Te Tai Tokerau we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community

The perioperative service includes the Operating Theatres, the Surgical Admission Unit (SAU), Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) and Central Sterilising Unit (CSU), pain service and anaesthesia. Our staff includes Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Anaesthetic Technicians (both registered and trainees), Health Care Assistants, Sterilising Technicians and trainees, and clerical staff. This role has line management responsibility for the Anaesthetic and Sterilising Technicians and trainees and administrators of the perioperative workforce.

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About you

This position requires excellent relationship building, communication and collaboration skills, and an understanding of change management and conflict resolution. You will hold a postgraduate qualification in leadership/management development, with a minimum of 5 years of operational management experience in a healthcare setting.

A background in Perioperative Services is preferred but if you're a dynamic leader with a passion to make a difference, we want to hear from you!

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.  

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by 30 March 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Michelle Apetera, NL-Jobs@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.