Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Where you’ll be working: Waikato Hospital
The details: Permanent – Full or part time- Rostered shifts (8 or 10 hour shifts)
Salary details: $77,087 to $107,600 per annum (pro rata for part time) + KiwiSaver
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.
Hamilton, and the wider Waikato areas, is the fastest growing city and region in New Zealand, offering a vibrant and diverse community. We have world class restaurants and cafes. We are at the heart of the Waikato, with easy access to the golden sands of the East coast and highly prized surf beaches of Raglan on the West coast, Skiing at Mount Ruapehu and lush bush lands great for tramping. Just to highlight a few of the benefits of working in the Waikato and New Zealand! To discover more about our stunning area, please click here.
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity - Experienced Anaesthetic Technicians
We are looking for Anaesthetic Technicians who are based in NZ and who are wanting to enhance their current skills, be part of a team that is thriving for change and be proactive in picking up portfolios to enable our team to be successful. We will support you with education, ongoing clinical coaching and the opportunity to work in all theatres including:
- Trauma and critical care.
- Elective and acute theatres which include gynaecology, urology, orthopaedics, plastics.
- General surgical theatres include colorectal, breast surgery and endoscopic procedures.
- Our complex and challenging theatres include cardiothoracic, vascular, neurosurgery, maxillofacial, otolaryngology and obstetrics.
- We also look after our paediatric patients from neonates to over 2’s and up.
- Much more including the possibility to work in our Cardiac team
Our vacancies are quickly filling up so make sure to submit your application as soon as possible!!
Key responsibilities of the role:
Having experience in airway management (especially difficult) is essential as well as working in a large, busy hospital where the key responsibilities of the role will be about:
- Being responsible for assisting in and delivery and evaluation of safe and appropriate centred care within the delivery of anaesthesia to a patient.
- Providing a professional manner, skilled, clinical and technical assistance to the anaesthetist.
- Working part of the theatre team in providing maximum quality care to patients undergoing anaesthesia.
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(Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)
Mōu | About you
Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of airway management.
- At least 3 years working as an Anaesthetic Technician (private or public).
- Have experience in working with various patient monitoring machines.
- Able to work rostered shifts (Days, PMs, weekends and nights).
- Must be registered and have an APC with the Medical Science Council with no restrictions/supervision requirements
- Have or be willing to undertake the preceptorship training to work closely with our trainees, new staff and AUT placements.
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
To apply for the role please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on 1 December 2024. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Monique Wilson at Monique.wilson@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.