Orderly Team Leader

Team Leader – Orderly Services and Team

• Health NZ – South Canterbury, Timaru Hospital
• Permanent Full Time 1 FTE

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.

About the Role  

The Orderly team is a clinical support group to hospital services, and the leader role is responsible for proactively organising the team to ensure smooth and efficient service delivery of daily operations. The role facilitates a consistent approach to service delivery by ensuing staff have the right coaching and training to perform their duties safely. The leader will also at times cover some orderly duties.

About you

This role will suit someone with proven leadership and coaching skills, who has experience in a healthcare setting providing services to stakeholders, including patients. It is expected that the person will have an appreciation of budget management, can think, plan and act strategically and at the same time relate to a wide range of people with a high standard of verbal and written communication skills.  Prior experience as an orderly beneficial.

Other key attributes for this role includes.

• Flexible and adaptable and can prioritise tasks so services are met.
• Proven experience with rostering of staff
• Intermediate Microsoft office skills
• The right to work and live in New Zealand.
• Current NZ Drivers Licence

Working at 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.

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. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

How to Apply

Please apply for this vacancy online directly via our career’s portal at https://scdhb.careercentre.net.nz

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Human Resources by phoning 03 687-2230.

Close Date:  11 November 2025