Medical Workforce Coordinator Cardiovascular & Critical Care

The details: Permanent Full time- 80 hours per fortnight- Monday- Friday

Salary Details: Administration/Clerical MECA

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’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

• Be part of the national transformation in Health
• Join our team in a critical role providing operational and administrative support to the Operations Manager, Cardiovascular and Critical Care

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

The role is based at Waikato Hospital and is critical in allowing the Operations Manager and their team to get on with the leadership and delivery of high quality health outcomes by taking on board and executing their administrative workload. You will be accountable for ensuring that medical workforce rosters are developed and administered efficiently, and support the timely recruitment of staff into the services. You’ll also provide day-to-day operational support in the form of coordinating medical recruitment, credentialing for all medical staff in the directorate managing expense reports and a range of other tasks.

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Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

The Critical Care Department at Waikato Hospital is the tertiary provider for Intensive Care to the Midland region of New Zealand. The Waikato ICU is a state of the art, 16-bed facility providing all major tertiary services including a major trauma centre and the second largest cardiac surgical centre in New Zealand. We provide neurosurgical and regional burns care in addition to a busy general and paediatric intensive care, catering to the needs of 1500 ICU patients and almost 3000 HDU level patients each year. We operate a retrieval service by both air and road for critical care patients and a large contingency of cardiac patients.

We now prepare to expand Intensive Care and seek to further develop academic and research interests, in addition to further advance training of junior and senior medical staff. In accordance with the level of service provided, the unit is credentialed by the College of Critical Care Medicine at level C24. Learn more about our service

Mōu | About you

The ideal person:

• You’ll be an experienced office manager or project coordinator who’s used to working in a complex environment
• You’ll be capable of ensuring high standards of data quality and accuracy in relation to financial and payroll data

You’ll also have:

• An exacting attention to detail.
• A strong customer service drive, being willing to help or problem solve wherever required.
• An understanding of a healthcare environment
• A proactive approach and willingness to take on new tasks or challenges
• The ability to effectively manage conflicting demands on your time and make decisions in pressure situations
• A strong understanding of the entire Microsoft Office suite
• Experience in writing and managing rosters an advantage

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

Please click ‘Apply online’ or apply via our Waikato Careers Website by clicking here All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 28 February 2025 If you have any questions about the role, please contact Monique Wilson at Monique. Wilson@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications when received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.