Operational Readiness Project Manager

Forté Health; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks annual leave

Free staff morning tea and lunches

Shoe allowance

Subsidised on site car parking

Transport subsidy

Health subsidy or Wellbeing rebate

Holiday entitlement over Christmas/New

Job summary

Forté Health is expanding its central Christchurch hospital and seeks an experienced Operational Readiness Project Manager to lead the expansion programme. This fixed-term role runs through March 2028 and works onsite Monday to Friday, coordinating across clinical, operational, technology, procurement and facilities teams for a smooth transition into the expanded facility.

The role demands expert-level project planning, clear reporting, and strong communication from frontline teams to senior

Qualifications

• You are a project or programme professional with experience delivering operational readiness, transition and commissioning activities.

Responsibilities

• Advance and maintain the operational readiness programme with milestones and critical path activities.
• Coordinate readiness activities across clinical, operational, technology, procurement and facilities workstreams.
• Monitor progress, identify risks and constraints, and drive actions to keep the programme on schedule.
• Ensure continuity of clinical operations through effective transition, cutover and implementation planning.

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

We are committed to redefining patient centred care for our patients, our people and our planet.

TE KAMUPENE THE COMPANY

Forté Health is a modern private surgical hospital in central Christchurch, providing high-quality short-stay and day-stay services including in orthopaedic, gynaecology, ORL, urology, maxillo-facial and general elective surgical procedures.

We’re a collaborative team passionate about excellence in patient care and sustainable healthcare.

Proudly we are New Zealand’s first net Carbon Zero hospital

Forte Health offer an attractive remuneration package including:

• Five weeks annual leave
• Free staff morning tea and lunches provided daily
• Annual Shoe Allowance
• Subsidised on site car parking
• Transport subsidy
• A choice of health subsidies, Health Insurance Contribution or Wellbeing reimbursement
• Holidays over Christmas/New Year

Oho Mai ra I nga tangata o te rohe nei

Kei nga maunga whakahii, kia kama

Kia mataara!!

TŪRANGA THE ROLE

We are excited about our hospital expansion project, and we know you will be too.

As the Operational Readiness Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in bringing Forté Health's hospital expansion to life. This role works across the organisation aligning project activities, planning and stakeholder engagement to ready the organisation for a smooth transition into the expanded facility.

This is a role for the experts, providing clarity and confidence to a complex programme, balancing competing priorities and managing critical dependencies.

This Fixed Term role is until March 2028 for the period of the expansion build project, onsite Monday- Friday

Key responsibilities;

• Advance and maintain the operational readiness programme, including milestones, dependencies and critical path activities.
• Coordinate readiness activities across clinical, operational, technology, procurement and facilities workstreams.
• Monitor progress, identify risks and constraints, and drive actions to keep the programme on schedule.
• Ensure continuity of clinical operations through effective transition, cutover and implementation planning.

KO KOE ABOUT YOU

You are a project or programme professional with experience delivering operational readiness, transition and commissioning activities within large-scale or complex environments.

You describe yourself in the following ways;

• Highly organised and commercially astute
• Expert-level Microsoft Project capability
• Confident communicator from frontline teams through to senior leaders and Boards
• You translate complexity into everyday language & clear reporting

All internal and external stakeholders are a pleasure to deal with, and we know that you will enjoy not just working with them but making this project a success for them, and our future Patients.

To find out more please contact Johanna van Aalst on 03 265 0741 or [e-mail]

Applicants must be a NZ resident or have a current work permit