Operations Manager Orthopaedic and General Surgery

Location: Capital Coast and Hutt Valley Hospitals

Contract:   Permanent, Full time

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.

About the Role

We are recruiting an Operations Manager responsible for Orthopaedics and General Surgery at Hutt Hospital. This includes emergency surgeries, planned procedures and specialised clinics.

• The General Surgery service at Hutt Hospital treats a wide range of conditions involving the abdomen, breast, neck, skin, and vascular system.
• The Orthopaedics department diagnoses and treats injuries or long-term conditions of the musculoskeletal system, including bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and peripheral nerves.

The Operations Manager is the operational driving force to manage the delivery of orthopaedic services and general surgery services at Hutt Hospital. The Operations Manager will develop, strengthen and enhance these services, alongside managing the day to day operational needs of the team. A key driver continues to be achieving equitable health outcomes.

The Operations Manager will ensure that organisational objectives are met and that resources are managed effectively and efficiently to provide contracted services within budget, whilst ensuring compliance with relevant legislative and Ministry of Health requirements, Government targets, organisation/service policies and quality indicators.

The salary band for this role is $140,000 - $150,000. 

About the Team

The Surgical Service Group is one of six within CCHV district provider services. Specialities within the Directorate are at secondary and tertiary level with service provision for the district, the central Region and wider Regions. Surgical operating provision is largely across 3 hospitals (Wellington, Hutt, and Kenepuru) and a district outsourcing plan with private providers. Outpatient clinics are held at Wellington, Hutt Valley, Kenepuru, Paraparaumu, contracted at private provider sites, Marae and through hub and spoke arrangements at other regional hospitals.

About you

We are seeking an innovative, energetic, and experienced Manager, who has proven transformational leadership skills and excellent knowledge of the health sector.

This middle management role partners the Clinical Leaders and Directorate of Nursing in the delivery of safe affordable services.

The Operations Manager:

• Influences, builds and refreshes systems, services or interventions that achieve the vision of the Group.
• Balances meeting day-to-day operational challenges while keeping sight of directorate objectives and implementing system and process changes to provide solutions.
• Translates strategy into operational plans that improve the Capital Coast and Hutt Valley Provider Services capability and increase capacity to deliver agreed services.

Skills & Experience

• Health professional qualification (essential)
• Experience working within an acute clinical service
• Proven track record in service development, delivery and improvement
• Previous experience in a leadership/management role in the health sector 
• Demonstrated commitment to professional development of self and others
• Demonstrated understanding of and sensitivity to cultural and ethical dimensions of practice
• Demonstrated understanding and commitment to achievement of equitable health outcomes

Working at 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.

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. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Diana Velazco (Diana.Velazcoflores@ccdhb.org.nz).

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