Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ Southern Careers

He aha te mea nui o te ao. He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata

What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people.

Nestled in the heart of the South Island, Te Whatu Ora – Southern cares for over 350,000 New Zealanders. From smaller rural hospitals, to one of the country’s largest trauma centres, you’ll find stand-out facilities in a stunning part of the world. You’ll also fit in with our friendly team and strong community-feel - we're a place where co-workers become friends.

You’ll also get to make the most of our lifestyle offerings – from snowy mountains, to vast lakes and rushing rivers, we really have it all. Read on to find out more!

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Fit in and stand-out in Dunedin

Here in the great small city of Dunedin, the gateway to Central Otago, look forward to finding your ideal career fit, in our modern, innovative city hospital setting.

Join us as we grow our capacity and capability as we build our new hospital. You'll be part of a passionate, supportive, and highly professional team – people who love what they do and where they're doing it.

With an unbeatable combination of professional and lifestyle opportunities for you and your family, We're ready to welcome you, and we're looking forward to telling you more about what's waiting for you here in Dunedin.

Fit in and stand-out in Southland

Here in Southland look forward to finding your ideal career fit, here in our modern, innovative hospital setting.

You'll be part of a passionate, supportive and highly professional team – people who love what they do and where they're doing it. 

We're ready to welcome you, and we're looking forward to telling you more about what's waiting for you here in Invercargill.

We know you want to make a difference for people - that’s why you do what you do. Whether you’re a new graduate looking for your first position, or a seasoned professional looking for a step-up that allows you to stand up in your career, you’ll find it at Te Whatu Ora – Southern. Enjoy the unique balance of a job you’re passionate about with a lifestyle you love with us.

Click below to find your fit in our A-Z of job categories, and a list of our current vacancies.

Find your fit

It’s more than just a job when you join us, but you know that. At Te Whatu Ora – Southern you’ll be fitting in to a team of like-minded people with a commitment to innovation; a place where colleagues become friends. Our teams are professional, friendly and passionate about caring for the over 350,000 New Zealanders we serve. Whether you’re a psychologist, haematologist, nurse, midwife or anything in between – your role will allow you to stand out and play a critical part in Southern’s story.

Join our stand-out team

How does spending life in the picturesque Southern region while working in a modern medical setting sound? Like the best of both worlds? It truly is. Once you make the move to Te Whatu Ora – Southern, you’ll find an unbeatable lifestyle that offers the perfect balance of professional, educational and lifestyle opportunities for the entire family. It’s the perfect blend of small city life and rural landscape, where you’ll simultaneously fit in to our friendly team and be living a stand-out Southern lifestyle.

Move to the stand-out Southern region

If we were in your shoes, we’d want to hear more from someone just like you.

Meet Wendy Berg, she moved here with her family from Liverpool in 2007 to work in Dunedin as an ICU Nurse. What she found was more than just a job in one of the best equipped Critical Care Units in the country. She found a new way of working and living, balancing the beauty of the outdoors alongside the benefits of city-life, and a workplace that offered a community-feel while being a world-class facility.

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