Associate Director of Nursing-operations Lead

2 weeks ago


Palmerston North, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral Full time

**Our Organisation**

Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral (MidCentral) is part of Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand and provides healthcare services to over 190,000 people across the Manawatū, Horowhenua and Tararua regions. With a large hospital campus in Palmerston North, it also provides key health care and support services to neighbouring communities.

**The Opportunity**

Te Uru Arotau/Acute & Elective Specialist Services has an exciting
**senior nursing opportunity **in the Associate Director of Nursing (ADON)/Operations Lead, Medical Wards, Unplanned Care.

This is a permanent, full-time role.

The ADON/Operations Lead, Medical Wards, role is an
**integral part of the Te Uru Arotau leadership team **providing professional and practice support to frontline nursing leaders and staff which supports them to thrive and deliver services in an integrated way. This includes having a “whole of system” approach to ensuring excellence in nursing practice and professional standards.

The ADON/Operations Lead, Medical Wards - Te Uru Arotau will focus on growing and developing front-line nursing leadership, devolving decision-making, actively supporting leadership capability improvements, and enabling clinicians and teams within the service and across the cluster to make good decisions as close to the patient/client as possible.

The role is responsible for leading and contributing to a programme of transformational change and the integration of services across Te Uru Arotau.

There is a requirement to participate in the MidCentral senior management on call roster and to act for senior leaderships as required.

For more information regarding the role please refer to the job description. However, should you wish to discuss further you are welcome to contact Lyn Horgan, Operations Executive, Te Uru Arotau/Acute & Elective Specialist Services.

**Come and join us**
Employing over 2500 people, MidCentral offers a supportive work environment that accepts and values all employees. We actively seek Māori kaimahi into our workforce and provide an environment which delivers our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

MidCentral region offers an excellent lifestyle for families with scenic spots for hiking and mountain-biking, great schools and tertiary institutions. With the mountains, city and sea at your doorstep, you’ll get to taste the best of both worlds - the perfect blend of rural and city living.

**Benefits**
- An encouraging learning environment where you will continue to grow and be challenged
- A professional and supportive culture and team setting
- Fulfilling and challenging work with great lifestyle options
- Tailored wellness programmes

**How to apply**

We strive to be a place where people love to work and learn. We aim to develop a diverse team that reflects the communities that we serve and we welcome people of all ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, religious and political beliefs, socio-economic situations and accessibility needs.

MidCentral actively seeks Māori into our workforce to reflect the community we serve.

Some positions are defined as a Core Children’s worker under the Children’s Act and require full safety checks completed before employment commences.



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