Where you’ll be working: Resident Medical Officer Support Service, Waikato Hospital

The details: Permanent - 40 Hours per week (1.0 FTE)

• Be part of the national transformation in Health
• Recruit and support our Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) throughout their journey with Waikato District
• Work within a collaborative team – share your strengths

Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity

The RMO Support service is seeking a Recruitment Co-ordinator to recruit and support the RMOs within Waikato Hospital. This is a fulltime permanent position. It presents the right person with an excellent opportunity to be involved in an exciting and challenging work environment.

This key recruitment role includes:

• Coordinating recruitment activities for our RMOs advertising through to on boarding

• Ensure the appointment of RMOs is compliant with relevant processes, policies and legislative requirements, including Medical Council, Immigration, and employment legislation

• Assist with the development of recruitment processes and strategies to enhance the District’s ability to recruit RMOs to meet future workforce needs.

• Building strong and supportive relationships with our RMO workforce enabling retention

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(Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)

Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service

The RMOSS team is an integral support service for our RMOs. We are responsible for employment, deployment, support and co-ordination of RMOs in Waikato District right throughout their time with us.

Mōu | About you

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

• Be well organised and have excellent attention to detail

• Be highly skilled at context switching and multi-tasking

• Be highly competent in computer literacy including Microsoft Office in particular Word and Excel

• Have previous recruitment experience, preferably in the medical field

• Be able to establish and maintain positive working relationships with people at all levels

• Able to work with high volumes of work while maintaining quality

• Be self-directed and able to meet critical deadlines

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience or interest in healthcare

• Problem solving and initiative

• An attitude of continuous improvement

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.

Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply

Please apply directly online, applications are not able to be accepted via email.

For any queries about the role please contact Komalpreet.Kaur@waikatodhb.health.nz

Closing date: 27 March 2023

COVID-19:

A national Vaccination Policy which includes COVID19 is under development. In the interim, a Health and Safety Risk Assessment against the requirements of the role will apply to unvaccinated candidates and employees and appropriate risk mitigation (e.g. extra PPE, RAT testing) may be taken as a result. Please note that when a Vaccination Policy is introduced it will apply to this role and need to be supported.