Join our dynamic healthcare team where passion meets purpose. We are committed to delivering exceptional care that enriches the lives of our patients and communities. As a leading healthcare provider in Waitaha and Te Tai o Poutini, we are dedicated to fostering innovation, collaboration, and excellence in everything we do.
Mo tetunga | About the Role We are seeking a talented and experienced Charge Anaesthetic Technician to lead our anaesthetic technician team with passion and expertise. In this role, you will provide day-to-day leadership, operational management, and strategic planning to ensure the delivery of a sustainable, high-quality service that aligns with our organisational goals. As a key member of our team, you will also provide clinical leadership for the profession, focusing on workforce development, safe and high-quality care, and outcomes-focused practice.
We provide perioperative services across multiple sites and cover all specialties including obstetrics, trauma, paediatrics, and cardiac. We are an acute and elective centre that offers it all.
As an accredited training hospital, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff and offer a multitude of opportunities for both the professional development of our qualified team and for our future workforce. We support the perioperative practice degree programme and the registered nurse anaesthetic assistant (RNAA) training programme.
But what really makes a good day at work, besides variety, challenge and top-quality facilities/equipment? It is the people! We are a varied team, made up of Registered Anaesthetic Technicians, ODPs, RNAA's and locum/agency staff, from a huge range of backgrounds. We are proud of our evolution as a team and big on our shared values (professionalism, caring, collaboration and resilience) it is important to us that we continue to build our team with people who think these are just as important as we do.
Ko wai koe | About You In this role, you will be responsible for:
Lead the team to provide exceptional care dailyEncourage a culture of continuous improvement and innovationDrive best practices and interdisciplinary care modelsEnsure effective staffing, coordination and recruitmentContribute to strategic planning and resource allocationPromote positive workplace behaviours and accountability within the teamMinimum 5 years clinical experienceRegistration with NZ Medical Sciences Council & Current APCProven people leadership/managementKnowledge of change management and Quality Improvement methodologyFinancial management and effective budgetStrong decision-making skills in complex situationsKnowledge of issues affecting tangata whaiora and equality within healthcare"Ko nga tangata, te matua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all we do" Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, leads the day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. It weaves the functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.
Here in Waitaha, Canterbury we deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Maori are at the forefront of all our conversations.
Nga hua | Benefits of working at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora When you work at Health New Zealand, you are part of a wider whanau that will support you along your career journey. We offer great professional development and learning opportunities for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have access to amazing kaimahi/staff discounts from select retailers, restaurants and businesses.
Only applications submitted via our career site will be accepted, therefore apply directly on our career site here.
For additional information about this role please contact Alex Jay, Recruitment Partner on ******. We have a range of clinical and non-clinical roles at Health New Zealand, there could be a place for you!
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