General Manager Surgical & Perioperative Services

Nelson Marlborough Health; Nelson; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nelson Marlborough Health in New Zealand invites applications for a General Manager, Surgical and Perioperative Services. This permanent full-time role provides strategic and operational leadership across a large portfolio of surgical and perioperative services in Nelson and Marlborough.

You will partner with clinical leaders to ensure safe, high-quality care, drive service development, workforce planning and financial performance while fostering a collaborative culture and accountability across

Qualifications

• Experience leading a large, multi-service portfolio with a strong people leadership track record.
• Led large-scale organisational change, service redesign or culture shift initiatives.
• Proven ability to partner with clinical leaders across healthcare professions.
• Leadership style prioritises psychological safety, trust and development of others.
• Ability to balance service improvement with staff wellbeing; strong financial stewardship.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across Surgical and Perioperative Services.
• Ensure services deliver safe, high-quality care and meet performance expectations.
• Drive service development, workforce planning, and financial performance.
• Coordinate interdepartmental activities and support clinical leaders in decision-making.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and accountability.

Skills

People leadership

Workforce management

Operational delivery

Partnership with clinical leaders

Financial management

Change leadership

Psychological safety

Staff wellbeing

Job description

General Manager Surgical & Perioperative Services

General Manager Surgical & Perioperative Services,Nelson Marlborough, Permanent Full-time

• Lead strategic and operational performanceacross Surgical and Perioperative Services
• Create a collaborative culture in partnershipwith clinical leaders
• Lead strategic improvement initiatives toenhance the delivery of care

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

About the Role

As a General Manager Surgical and Perioperative Services,you will:

• Provide a single point of accountability forstrategic and operational leadership across a large portfolio of services;
• Ensure services deliver safe, high-quality care,meet performance expectations, and operate sustainably.

A core focus of the role is service development, workforceplanning, financial performance, interdepartmental coordination, and supportingthe delivery of health targets. You’ll be responsible for fostering a strongculture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability acrossservice areas, partnering closely with clinical leaders to ensure thatoperational decisions are clinically informed and patient-centred.

This is a permanent, full-time role working 80 hours perfortnight (1.0 FTE), Monday to Friday.

The successful candidate may be based in Nelson or Blenheim.Regular travel between Nelson and Marlborough sites is required, with sometravel to other Health NZ locations from time to time to contribute to SouthIsland | Te Waipounamu and national initiatives.

Please view the position description for furtherinformation.

About the Directorate

The Surgical and Perioperative Services directorate isresponsible for delivering inpatient, outpatient and community services acrossthe Nelson and Marlborough regions. Key service locations include NelsonHospital, Wairau Hospital, Murchison Hospital and Alexandra Hospital(Richmond).

About the Location

For more information on living and working in Nelson /Tasman and Marlborough click here

About you

As a General Manager Surgical and Perioperative Services,you will:

• Have experience leading alarge, multi-service portfolio, with substantial experience in peopleleadership, workforce management and operational delivery;
• Have successfully ledlarge-scale organisational change, service redesign or culture shiftinitiatives;
• Demonstrate extensiveexperience working in genuine partnership with clinical leaders across awide range of healthcare professions;
• Have a leadership stylethat prioritises psychological safety, trust and the development ofothers;
• Demonstrate the ability tobalance service improvement with staff wellbeing ;
• Have sound financialmanagement experience and a proven ability to deliver safe, high qualityand equitable healthcare.

The successful candidate must be eligible to work in NewZealand or hold a valid NZ visa at the time of applying.

Working at Health New Zealand

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