Nurse Manager

**Where you’ll be working**:Child Health, Waikato Hospital

**The details**:Full Time - 40 Hours per week (1.0 FTE)
- **Be part of the national transformation in Health**
- **An opportunity that doesn’t come along every day**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

Reporting to the Nurse Director, you are key in ensuring efficient and effective operational management of the nursing services in child health. You’ll lead, manage and inspire your people, review and enhance systems, processes and resources that facilitate efficient and effective service delivery and ensure we have the structure and supports in place to achieve our nursing priorities and key quality projects. You will contribute to the development of the strategic direction for our service as well as overseeing nursing governance and compliance.

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**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

Te Whatu Ora - Waikato provides health services in the Waikato region to a combined population of over 400,000 people, and tertiary-level services to the Midland region, with a population of over 840,000. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton provides the most specialised and complex medical care and is recognised as both a tertiary and accredited training hospital. Our people are fundamental to our success; we have a diverse workforce of over 7,000 employees who directly reflect the diversity in our communities, providing care and support to more than 100,000 patients each year.

**Mōu | About you**

Required skills & experience you will need to be considered for this role:

- Experience reviewing / analysing financial, asset, staff and production data, and taking appropriate actions and the ability to monitor delegated activities.
- A postgraduate qualification, registration with the Nursing Council of New Zealand and a current practicing certificate.
- The ability to assess and make effective decisions under pressure in complex situations and use own judgement to problem solve.
- Success in this role will hinge on your proven experience (5 years or more) in an operational leadership role within a complex health environment and experience leading unit-level process change and innovation.

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

**Te iwi Ngakaunui - People at Heart**
- Whakamana - Give and earn respect
- Whakaronga - Listen to me; Talk to me
- Mauri Pai - Fair play
- Whakapakari - Growing the good
- Kotahitanga - Stronger together

It is not very often something happens that is big; like, really big. Big to the point that it will touch the lives of every single person in the country. That is what we are talking about here. The provision of Health in Aotearoa New Zealand, and how its run is about to change in a big way.

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora - Māori Health Authority will together shape the delivery of Health services in Aotearoa New Zealand for generations to come, and will form the core of a modern and integrated service looking after the needs of all our Whānau.

We are dedicated to achieving health equity for Māori and other priority populations. We are a Crown entity and an active partner in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is guided by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to upholding the articles.

Here at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, Waikato we have a team of 8,000 working across the Waikato where everyone plays a vital role in the care of our patients - directly or non-directly. Our vision is Healthy People. Excellent Care.

Te Whatu Ora, Waikato serves the largest Māori population and third largest Pacific population in Aotearoa New Zealand. Waikato Hospital in Hamilton is one of New Zealand’s largest tertiary, teaching hospitals with over 600 inpatient beds and 22 operating theatres. Clinical specialities include Women’s and Children Services, Cardiology / Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oncology and Haematology, Surgical services, and Mental Health and Addiction. Waikato Hospital is the Midland regional referral centre for multiple specialties including trauma surgery, oncology, and neurology.

We are a values-based and inclusive organisation that is committed to deliver the best health outcomes for our total population. Reflecting the population we serve is an important part of the care we deliver to the community. We strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds with the necessary capability and who share our values to apply. We proactively develop pathways that maximise opportunity for Māori and encourage Māori to apply.

**He aha Waikato**

Waikato is the fourth largest region in Aotearoa New Zealand and located just south of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It features a wide range of world-class outdoor and cultural experiences. You can surf the world-famous beaches of Whāingaroa Raglan, swim at the beautiful beaches of the Kapanga Co