Health Analyst - Hospital And Specialist Services

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the role

The Hospital and Specialist Services Directorate (H&SSD) requires health analyst support to inform its strategic and operational decision making.

They require an analyst to provide data-driven insights that support the development of initiatives and improve patient care and efficiency.

Significant areas of focus are as follows :

• Outpatient and Theatre Clinical capacity and demand requirements
• Integrating business and data to provide meaningful analysis
• Analysis of daily operational challenges
• Efficiency improvements across inpatient and outpatient clinical services in relation to patient throughput / flow
• Operational Reports and Intelligence solutions
• Service Production Planning support
• Analysis and reporting
• Education and support to upskill our managers and staff as required

We are looking for someone who has a high level of analytic skills, modelling design and development, and communication skills.

Experience in Health would be an advantage, but it is not essential.

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About you

• Experience in a business setting working with data and providing interpretation of the data to all stakeholders with no less than five years' experience
• High level of competencies in working with complex data sets, and in data analysis, manipulation, visualisation and interpretation
• A passion for working with numbers in a mathematical sense - with a high sense of pride in accuracy of the data and the curiosity to identify trends and anomalies
• Basic database and programming knowledge to create visualisation and reports using various BI tools.
• A passion for numbers and being a part of complex problem solving
• Accuracy and diligence with their work outputs
• A team player and effective communicator, both verbally and written

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand.

We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community.

We welcome applications from our diverse Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to apply

To apply please click 'apply now'.

All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by Thursday, 9 October 2025.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact :

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.

We only accept online applications.

Please apply via our website