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New Facilities Generate 100 Plus Jobs at Waikato Hospital
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New Facilities Generate
100 Plus Jobs at Waikato Hospital
New state-of-the-art operating theatres and cardiac catheterisation interventional suites open soon in Hamilton, New Zealand at Waikato Hospital’s $130 million Meade Clinical Centre.
And when they do, more than 100 people will boast brand new jobs in health at Waikato District Health Board (DHB). They include positions for registered and enrolled nurses, nurse educators, health care assistants, anaesthetic technicians and sterile supply technicians. Doctors and anaesthetists have already been recruited.
The Midland tertiary hospital’s latest facilities will feature a new advanced hybrid theatre catering for specialist procedures and trauma, as well as minimally invasive interventional services equipped with an array of the latest technologies.
Waikato and Thames hospitals group manager Mark Spittal said this was a “remarkable opportunity” for a wide variety of health professionals
”Those who join us will step into new facilities with state of the art equipment. They will be part of some highly innovative clinical services focussed on making a life-changing difference for patients,” he said.
The recruitment drive is one of Waikato DHB’s biggest and ranks up there with its $500 million building project for job numbers. The building programme at Waikato and Thames hospitals began in 2005, is due for completion in 2014 and provided more than 800 jobs with more than $100 million flowing into the Waikato community.
The 100 plus jobs campaign is on a tight campaign budget. Those interested in applying for positions should register their profile online at www.waikatodhb.health.nz/100jobs.
The DHB is primarily using its website, social media channels, and posters featuring existing employees to advertise the 100 plus jobs on offer. Most applicants are likely to come from within New Zealand.
When the new operating theatres open in July, Waikato Hospital will have 24 operating theatres.
“We will have 12 new theatres, nine of which will be operational and building capacity for the future with three remaining as shells,” says project manager and unit manager for operating theatres Aileen McGowan
“Repatriation of outsourced surgery will begin in July and this will allow us to recruit staff to work in those areas.
There are some jobs available that anyone interested in health can apply for.”
Features of the
new theatres and interventional suites include:
•
A new state-of-the-art hybrid operating theatre will merge
the technology of a radiology suite with a standard
operating room for advanced image-guided minimally invasive
surgery. Surgeons will be able to perform minimally invasive
surgical procedures on organs, arteries and veins….all of
this benefits patients to recover more quickly
•
Dedicated acute theatres co-located in the same area,
including one for trauma patients which uses a special
operating table to transport patients from Emergency
Department to the operating theatre. This negates multiple
patient movements from trolley beds to operating
tables.
• A new ‘hybrid’ Cardiac
Catheterisation Laboratory which will be a combined Cath lab
and operating theatre in which transcatheter procedures will
be carried out as well as the combined cardiology/cardiac
surgical procedures.
Mark
Spittal
Waikato and Thames hospitals group
manager
Aileen McGowan
Unit Manager,
Theatre & Perioperative Services
Benefits for our
patients:
• Enhanced clinical reputation as
a tertiary centre - ability to provide trainees, students
and staff with access the new modern facilities to attract
and retain staff and all of this contributes to higher
standards of healthcare for our community.
•
Improved patient outcomes - Patients are seen quicker due
to extra operating theatres and interventional suites. Fully
operational state-of-the- art theatres and interventional
suites resulting in improved health outcomes for
patients
• Improved patient experience -
Patients will receive their pre-op, procedure and post-op
care services in the one location at Waikato Hospital.
Improved quality of patient care, including patient care
delivery, service delivery and patient and family
satisfaction. Improved facilities for families and
children.
Construction on the five-level 39,000m2 Meade Clinical Centre started in
February 2010 and is due for completion in April 2014.
Come this time, the building will house most clinics, Critical Care, operating theatres, endoscopy and cardiac interventional laboratories with pre and post-operative support and a radiology department as well as support services such as Biomedical Engineering.
More
information
• 100+ jobs
• Operating Theatres and Peri-operative
Services
ENDS
Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
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