Rostering Coordinator: Nursing & Midwifery

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, is seeking a Rostering Coordinator to join our centralised rostering service. You will create rosters for frontline nursing and midwifery services and support multiple clinical portfolios within a collaborative team.

The role emphasizes rostering expertise, problem solving, and continuous improvement, with full training provided and strong links to clinical managers across the Waikato region.

Qualifications

• A Degree in administration/management/health sciences or more than 5 years experience in an administration based role.
• Strong problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills
• Numerical literacy with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• A mature and professional manner, reflecting excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• A high level of computer literacy, and previous experience in learning and using systems and applications
• A current New Zealand Driver's license

Responsibilities

• Develop staff rosters for the frontline nursing and midwifery clinical services
• Maintain information for the portfolio of services for which each rostering coordinator is responsible
• Create a new roster every four weeks (roster period) for each service, taking into account service needs, staff requests, employment conditions and good rostering practice
• Work collaboratively to develop professional relationships with senior clinical managers to support the rostering process and roster creation
• Provide expert advice and guidance to the organisation on rostering practices and the effective use of rostering tools and techniques
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to continuous improvement, both individually and as a team, to enhance our effectiveness and strengthen the quality of our rosters, tools, and processes

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Numerical literacy

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Computer literacy

NZ Driver's license

Education

Degree in administration/management/health sciences

Job description

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora in Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, is seeking a Rostering Coordinator to join our centralised rostering service. You will create rosters for frontline nursing and midwifery services and support multiple clinical portfolios within a collaborative team.

The role emphasizes rostering expertise, problem solving, and continuous improvement, with full training provided and strong links to clinical managers across the Waikato region.