Project Manager | Design Delivery

at  Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury

When you work with the Health NZ, you’re part of something very special. We plan, fund and deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. Our primary goal is to put people at the heart of everything we do.
Health NZ is a leading organization dedicated to delivering innovative healthcare solutions and improving community health. We are committed to excellence in healthcare facility design and delivery, ensuring that our projects meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficiency.

MŌ MĀTOU | ABOUT US

“Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi - Putting people at the heart of all we do”
We are committed to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations. We believe in improving, promoting, and protecting the health and well-being of the Canterbury and the West Coast community.

The culture at Health NZ Waitaha Canterbury, is driven by our ā Mātou Uara (Our Values):

• Care and respect for others - Manaaki me te whakaute i te tangata.
• Integrity in all we do - Hāpai i ā mātou mahi katoa i runga i te pono.
• Responsibility for outcomes - Te Takohanga i ngā hua

Ngā hua | Benefits of working at Health NZ Te Whatu Ora
When you work at the Health NZ, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and businesses. At Health NZ, you are part of something greater than yourself and encouraged to be your unique self

The Project Manager – Design Delivery is a pivotal role responsible for providing health planning expertise for functional space planning on health facility projects, both locally and regionally. This role involves managing clinical engagement in the design process and implementing change management principles based on best practice research and guidelines. The Project Manager ensures achievement of project objectives and milestones, managing risk and quality control throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring smooth transition to business as usual, to enable realization of benefits.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide health planning expertise on the full range of care services including preventative, outpatient, acute, post-acute, and rehabilitation healthcare facilities, following best practice research and guidelines.
• Manage clinical engagement in health facility design through effective planning and coordination of clinical user groups to achieve robust clinical input into design.
• Provide technical assistance in business case formation, project set-up, work plan development, and budgeting as requested and appropriate.
• Ensure all stakeholders (staff, unions, community, Manawhenua, and other relevant consumers) can input into system design consistent with the requirements of the project.
• Lead various groups to ensure that process design drives building design and development requirements.
• Liaise with the Programme Manager and Clinical Lead(s) on progress, issues, and barriers.
• Challenge the status quo and demonstrate effective problem-solving to achieve quality outcomes that support best practise and model of care delivery
• Establish and maintain productive relationships with all stakeholders.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies for projects to ensure business continuity, minimizing clinical risk and adverse media.
• Identify, review, advise on the selection of vendors, sub-contractors, or consultants to meet project needs within Procurement policies and process.