Anaesthetic Technicians, Surgical, Anaesthesia & Perioperative

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

With 28 operating theatres across two sites, we give our staff the opportunity to work with the best and experience elective and acute perioperative services. As Registered Anaesthetic Technicians, you will be providing quality patient care and work as an integral part of the team delivering Anaesthesia to patients over a wide variety of specialties. Specialties include general surgery including vascular and bariatric, orthopaedics including major spines, obstetrics, gynaecology, plastics, burns, urology, maxillofacial, ORL / ENT and remote site anaesthesia in our MRI, CT, interventional radiology and cardiac catheter lab.

About the Team / Service / Location

Our team supports and works across both the Middlemore and Manukau Health Park sites approximately 20 minutes’ drive between each or you can use the staff shuttle. The acute and elective care services of Middlemore Hospital with 14 operating theatres, two procedure room and remote anaesthesia sites provides multidisciplinary care for the people of Counties Manukau, regionally and nationally in some specific specialties with 24 hour 7 days a week operating theatre coverage. At Manukau Health Park there are 10 operating theatres, 2 procedure rooms and 78 inpatient beds with a further 4 theatres nearing completion. Manukau Health Park provides day surgery services and elective and acute arranged surgery for patients who are not expected to need access to intensive care or interventional radiology.

Our team’s goal is to provide an excellent, timely and high quality elective and acute surgical service that focuses on efficient, effective, equitable and patient focused care.

About you

As a Registered Anaesthetic Technician, you will :

• Have provision or full registration as an Anaesthetic Technician with the Medical Sciences Council of New Zealand
• A current Annual Practising Certificate
• Have permanent residency or hold a current work visa
• Recent experience in elective and acute services
• Able to work rostered shifts covering 24 / 7 services across two different sites
• Demonstrate teamwork, interpersonal skills, flexibility and maintain professional standards and values.

As a Perioperative Practice degree candidate, you will be nearing and eligible for graduation in line with our February and August new graduate intakes.

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 communities - Māori, 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 09 / 05 / 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Barbara on

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

Job details

Job Reference : CMH

Location : North Island - Auckland - South & East Auckland

Job type : Permanent Full time

Expertise : Clinical - Technical - Anaesthetic Technician / ODP

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