Health Care Assistant

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, New Zealand Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Waikato Full time

**Health Care Assistant - Operating Theatres**

**Job Number**:WAI28306**

**Where you’ll be working**:Waikato Hospital

**The details**:Permanent
- part time
- 40 hours per fortnight-Rotating shifts

**Salary details**:NZNO 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.

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

We are seeking an experienced Health Care Assistant to join the Operating Theatres department here at Waikato Hospital. This is a part-time, permanent position where you will be working rostered shifts over a 7 day, 24 hour period, including weekends.

As a Health Care Assistant in Operating Theatres, you will work under the supervision and direction of registered nurses to provide support and assistance to patients having surgery or other procedures.

You will be working in a stressful environment, so you will need to be able to respond appropriately, be reliable and have a pleasant, flexible and sensitive approach to the needs of those around you.

**Click here** to view the position description.**
- (Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)_

**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

The Theatres and Anaesthesia department at Waikato Hospital is comprised of 22 Operating Theatres, a Post-Anaesthetic Care Unit and Day of Surgery Admission Unit. A wide range of surgical specialties include General Surgery, Vascular, Cardiac, Urology, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Plastics, Paediatrics, Delivery Suite, Gynaecology, Maxillofacial and more.

**Mōu | About you**
- Excellent verbal communication and time-management skills,
- Strong patient focus,
- Be physically fit as the role involves physical manual handling,
- Be dedicated to being an important part of our health care team,
- The ability to problem solve and troubleshoot,
- Be responsive to urgency and the ability to prioritise,
- Be able to work rostered shifts over a 7 day, 24 hour period, including weekends.
- Previous experience in a healthcare setting within New Zealand as a Health Care Assistant is required

**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 _**

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