Service Manager, Women's Health

• Lead and inspire a high-performing multidisciplinary service
• Make a meaningful difference to patient care and health outcomes
• Permanent full time| Monday to Friday

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

This is an opportunity for an experienced, values-driven leader to provide strategic and operational leadership for Women’s Health at Middlemore Hospital.

Working with clinicians and the management team, you will shape the service’s direction, drive improvement, and support excellent patient care and staff wellbeing.

You will lead:

• Patient care and experience — fostering kindness, compassion, and excellence.
• Health equity — improving outcomes for Māori, Pacific peoples, and communities experiencing disparities.
• Staff engagement and development — building an inclusive, high-performing team.
• Patient safety and flow — delivering safe, effective, timely services.
• Operational and financial performance — ensuring sustainable, responsive services.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will partner across the Division to drive innovation and better outcomes, while managing SMOs and Women’s Health inpatient services.

This is an opportunity to lead change and make a tangible difference in a complex, vital area of healthcare.

About You

We seek an accomplished healthcare leader with:

• At least five years’ healthcare management experience, including people, financial, and change management.
• Proven success leading and developing high-performing teams.
• A strong record in change, service improvement, and performance.
• Experience fostering innovation, collaboration, transparency, and customer focus.
• Ability to manage complexity, risk, and competing priorities.
• Operational and capacity planning experience.
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills.
• An early riser who can effectively manage day-to-day operations.

If you are passionate about improving healthcare, developing people, and achieving better community outcomes, we welcome your application.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply:

To apply all applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal. To review the position description please "click here" or more information please contact Tangi Namulauulu in the Recruitment Centre on email Tangi.Namulauulu@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz

 Closing Date: 13th September 2026