Operations Coordinator

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

**The details**:Permanent Full Time - 40 Hours per week (1.0 FTE)
- **Critical roles providing operational and administrative support to the Operations Manager**:

- **Experience working with and understanding data for improvement purposes is required**:

- **Be part of the national transformation in Health**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

Your role is critical in allowing the Operations Manager and their team to get on with the leadership and delivery of high quality health outcomes by taking on board and executing their administrative workload. You’ll also provide day-to-day operational support in the form of project coordination, performance and compliance reporting, coordinating medical recruitment, managing expense reports and a range of other tasks.

As the Operations Coordinator you will report to and support the Operations Manager who oversees the following areas:

- Orthopaedics
- Plastics Service
- Neurosurgery
- Spine

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**Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service**

The Hospital & Community Services directorate is currently undergoing significant transformation as we transition to a new organisational structure and realign our services to positively impact patient outcomes.

**Mōu | About you**

You’ll be an experienced office manager or project coordinator who’s used to working in a complex environment. You’ll be capable of working with, understanding and presenting data so that decisions can be made to improve quality, performance and growth.

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

- Knowledge and understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- An exacting attention to detail
- A strong customer service drive, being willing to help or problem solve wherever required
- An understanding of a healthcare environment
- A proactive approach and willingness to take on new tasks or challenges
- The ability to effectively manage conflicting demands on your time and make decisions in pressure situations
- A strong understanding of the entire Microsoft Office suite

**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 Coromandel, hike our majestic mountain ranges, tour the Hobbiton shire, experience the magic of the Waitomo glow worm caves, and encounter a vast array of flora and fauna at the rema